Cutephp CuteNews up to 1.4.1 Installation information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cutephp CuteNews up to 1.4.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Installation. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-1340. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cutephp CuteNews up to 1.4.1 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Installation. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

CuteNews 1.4.1 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via unspecified vectors involving an invalid file path.

The weakness was disclosed 03/20/2006 by Hamid Ebadi (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-1340 since 03/20/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21119 (CuteNews inc/function.php archive Parameter Arbitrary File Access), 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 X-Force (25324), Tenable (21119), SecurityFocus (BID 17152†), OSVDB (50308†) and Secunia (SA19289†). The entry VDB-29286 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 21119
Nessus Name: CuteNews inc/function.php archive Parameter Arbitrary File Access
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Hamid Ebadi
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-1340 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1340
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29287
X-Force: 25324
SecurityFocus: 17152 - CutePHP CuteNews Function.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 19289 - CuteNews "archive" Disclosure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 50308 - Cutenews Invalid File Request Error Message Path Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 10922 - CuteNews 1.4.1 Remote Disclosure of Installation Path, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/08/2021 13:35
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (69), 06/16/2019 09:50 (2), 07/08/2021 13:35 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:8C8:103

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