CIAMOS 0.9.2 Rc1 highlight.php File information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CIAMOS 0.9.2 Rc1. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file highlight.php. The manipulation of the argument File leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0828. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to introduce extra authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CIAMOS 0.9.2 Rc1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the file highlight.php. The manipulation of the argument file 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:

highlight.php in (1) RUNCMS 1.1A, (2) CIAMOS 0.9.2 RC1, (3) e-Xoops 1.05 Rev3, and possibly other products based on e-Xoops (exoops), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary PHP files by specifying the pathname in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading database configuration information from mainfile.php.

The weakness was disclosed 03/19/2005 by NT (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0828 since 03/22/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After before and not just, 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:highlight.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19754), Exploit-DB (25237), SecurityFocus (BID 12848†), OSVDB (14890†) and Secunia (SA14648†). The entry VDB-24646 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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CIAMOS

Version

0.9.2 Rc1

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: NT
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0828 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0828
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24647
X-Force: 19754 - Ciamos class/debug/highlight.php file parameter information disclosure
SecurityFocus: 12848 - RunCMS Database Configuration Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 14648 - exoops "file" Exposure of Sensitive Information, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14890 - E-Xoops highlight.php Information Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1013485

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

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 11/22/2025 19:14
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (60), 07/07/2018 10:11 (8), 11/22/2025 19:14 (19)
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