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A vulnerability was found in PaperThin Commonspot Content Server up to 8.0.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-2873. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in PaperThin Commonspot Content Server up to 8.0.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 does not require authentication for access to log files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive server information by using a predictable name in a request for a file.

The weakness was shared 04/15/2014 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-2873 since 04/15/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73611 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 8.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (73611). The entries VDB-69360, VDB-69358, VDB-69357 and VDB-69356 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Commonspot Content Server

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• 8.0

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