STphp EasyNews 4.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in STphp EasyNews 4.0. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-6866. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in STphp EasyNews 4.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. 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:

STphp EasyNews PRO 4.0 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain usernames, email addresses, and password hashes via a direct request for data/users.txt.

The weakness was released 12/31/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-6866 since 01/04/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by bd0rk and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (31171), Exploit-DB (3039), Secunia (SA23577†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017457†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: bd0rk
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Timelineinfo

12/28/2006 🔍
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12/29/2006 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2006 +2 days 🔍
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01/01/2007 +1 days 🔍
01/04/2007 +2 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2989 days 🔍
08/14/2024 +3443 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-6866 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6866
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34171
X-Force: 31171 - EasyNews PRO users.txt information disclosure
Secunia: 23577 - STphp EasyNews PRO "data/users.txt" Information Disclosure, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1017457
Vupen: ADV-2007-0011

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/14/2024 21:37
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (50), 08/12/2018 08:17 (14), 08/14/2024 21:37 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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