Gijza.net Error Manager 2.1 on PHP-Nuke Error Message error.php language/newlang/lang Path information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Gijza.net Error Manager 2.1 on PHP-Nuke. This impacts an unknown function of the file error.php of the component Error Message Handler. Such manipulation of the argument language/newlang/lang leads to information disclosure (Path). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-1830. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gijza.net Error Manager 2.1 on PHP-Nuke and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file error.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument language/newlang/lang with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Path). 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. CVE summarizes:

error.php in Error Manager 2.1 for PHP-Nuke 6.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid (1) language, (2) newlang, or (3) lang parameter, which leaks the pathname in a PHP error message.

The weakness was presented 03/18/2004 by Janek Vind with waraxe (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1830 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:error.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 databases at X-Force (15524), Exploit-DB (23844), SecurityFocus (BID 9911†), OSVDB (4386†) and Secunia (SA11164†). See VDB-21667 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Name: Path
Class: Information disclosure / Path
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Janek Vind
Organization: waraxe
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1830 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1830
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21668
X-Force: 15524 - Error Manager error.php path disclosure
SecurityFocus: 9911 - PHP-Nuke Error Manager Module Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11164 - Error Manager Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 4386 - PHP-Nuke Error Manager error.php language Variable Path Disclosure

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2014 15:44
Updated: 05/19/2025 15:25
Changes: 10/15/2014 15:44 (63), 07/05/2017 09:03 (6), 05/19/2025 15:25 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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