Craft CMS up to 3.0.34 craft.app.config.DB.user URI information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Craft CMS up to 3.0.34. This affects an unknown function of the component craft.app.config.DB.user. Executing a manipulation of the argument URI can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-20465. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Craft CMS up to 3.0.34 (Content Management System). This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component craft.app.config.DB.user. The manipulation of the argument URI with an unknown input 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. CVE summarizes:

Craft CMS through 3.0.34 allows remote authenticated administrators to read sensitive information via server-side template injection, as demonstrated by a {% string for craft.app.config.DB.user and craft.app.config.DB.password in the URI Format of the Site Settings, which causes a cleartext username and password to be displayed in a URI field.

The bug was discovered 12/11/2018. The weakness was disclosed 12/25/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-20465 since 12/25/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Craft

Name

• CMS

Version

• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.7
• 3.0.8
• 3.0.9
• 3.0.10
• 3.0.11
• 3.0.12
• 3.0.13
• 3.0.14
• 3.0.15
• 3.0.16
• 3.0.17
• 3.0.18
• 3.0.19
• 3.0.20
• 3.0.21
• 3.0.22
• 3.0.23
• 3.0.24
• 3.0.25
• 3.0.26
• 3.0.27
• 3.0.28
• 3.0.29
• 3.0.30
• 3.0.31
• 3.0.32
• 3.0.33
• 3.0.34

License

• free

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