Simplenews 2.41.03 Error Message admin/index.php lang information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Simplenews 2.41.03. Impacted is an unknown function of the file admin/index.php of the component Error Message Handler. This manipulation of the argument lang causes information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4872. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Simplenews 2.41.03. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file admin/index.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument lang 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:

SimpNews 2.41.03 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) an invalid lang parameter to admin/index.php; or a direct request to (2) admin/dbg_infos.php, (3) admin/heading.php, or (4) evsearch.php; which reveals the path in various error messages.

The weakness was shared 09/25/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-4872 since 09/13/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin/index.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 OSVDB (43540†). The entries VDB-38995, VDB-38990 and VDB-38954 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Timelineinfo

09/13/2007 🔍
09/25/2007 +12 days 🔍
09/27/2007 +2 days 🔍
03/23/2008 +178 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2548 days 🔍
07/29/2021 +2327 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-4872 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4872
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38989
X-Force: 36779
OSVDB: 43540 - SimpNews admin/index.php lang Variable Remote Information Disclosure

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/29/2021 08:20
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (45), 08/13/2017 10:05 (8), 07/29/2021 08:20 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:45E:103

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