George Karpouzas Yet Another Question / Answer System 1.0 Error Message information disclosure
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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in George Karpouzas Yet Another Question and Answer System 1.0. This affects an unknown code of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Yaqas (Yet Another Question & Answer System) 1.0 Alpha 1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid character in the PHPSESSID, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
The weakness was shared 08/13/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-4257 since 08/13/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (75205).
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.7
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/13/2012 🔍08/13/2012 🔍
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03/23/2015 🔍
01/16/2018 🔍
Sources
Advisory: xforce.iss.netStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2012-4257 (🔍)
X-Force: 75205 - Yaqas CMS index.php information disclosure
Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 01/16/2018 08:18
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (47), 01/16/2018 08:18 (2)
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