Alstrasoft Article Manager Pro 1.6 Error Message mrarticles.php action information disclosure

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.0$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Alstrasoft Article Manager Pro 1.6. Affected is an unknown function of the file mrarticles.php of the component Error Message Handler. This manipulation of the argument action causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-2566. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Alstrasoft Article Manager Pro 1.6. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file mrarticles.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument action 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:

Alstrasoft Article Manager Pro 1.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) a quote character or possibly an invalid value in the action parameter in a request to mrarticles.php or (2) a login QUERY_STRING to admin.php without any additional parameters, which reveal the path in various error messages.

The weakness was presented 05/24/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2566 since 05/24/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:mrarticles.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 vulnerability database at X-Force (26676). See VDB-30404 and VDB-30402 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Google Hack: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

05/24/2006 🔍
05/24/2006 +0 days 🔍
05/24/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3214 days 🔍
09/06/2017 +909 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: alstrasoft.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2566 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2566
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30403
X-Force: 26676 - Article Manager multiple .php scripts path disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2006-1943

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/06/2017 14:58
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (50), 09/06/2017 14:58 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you need the next level of professionalism?

Upgrade your account now!