PHP Arena paFAQ 1.0 Beta 4 admin/backup.php information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PHP Arena paFAQ 1.0 Beta 4. This affects an unknown part of the file admin/backup.php. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2013. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP Arena paFAQ 1.0 Beta 4 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin/backup.php. 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:

paFAQ 1.0 Beta 4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to admin/backup.php, which contains a backup of the database including usernames and passwords.

The bug was discovered 06/20/2005. The weakness was disclosed 06/20/2005 by James Bercegay with Gulftech (Website). The advisory is shared at gulftech.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2013 since 06/20/2005. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/backup.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18535 (paFAQ 1.0 Beta 4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

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 Tenable (18535), SecurityFocus (BID 13999†), OSVDB (17566†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8444†). The entries VDB-24129, VDB-25578, VDB-25576 and VDB-25575 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 18535
Nessus Name: paFAQ 1.0 Beta 4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gulftech.org
Researcher: James Bercegay
Organization: Gulftech
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2013 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2013
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25577
SecurityFocus: 13999 - PAFaq Database Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
OSVDB: 17566 - CVE-2005-2013 - paFAQ - Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8444 - paFAQ 1.0 Beta 4 Allows Obtaining Sensitive Information via admin/backup.php, Medium

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

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/02/2019 18:40
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (63), 06/02/2019 18:40 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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