Apache Wicket 1.5.10/6.13.0 Class Request information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apache Wicket 1.5.10/6.13.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Class Handler. This manipulation as part of Request causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-0043. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache Wicket 1.5.10/6.13.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Class Handler. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In Apache Wicket 1.5.10 or 6.13.0, by issuing requests to special urls handled by Wicket, it is possible to check for the existence of particular classes in the classpath and thus check whether a third party library with a known security vulnerability is in use.

The bug was discovered 02/21/2014. The weakness was presented 10/03/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-0043 since 12/03/2013. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/21/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1319 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Apache

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• Wicket

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• 1.5.10
• 6.13.0

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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