Quirm SAXON 5.4 Error Message news.php array information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Quirm SAXON 5.4. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file news.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument array leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-4861. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Quirm SAXON 5.4. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the file news.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument array 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:

SAXON 5.4, with display_errors enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) a direct request for news.php, (2) an invalid use of a newsid array parameter to admin/edit-item.php, and possibly unspecified vectors related to additional scripts in (3) admin/, (4) rss/, and (5) the root directory of the installation, which reveal the path in various error messages.

The weakness was presented 10/29/2007 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4861 since 09/13/2007. 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 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:news.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38138) and OSVDB (45330†). See VDB-39475 and VDB-39474 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

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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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Status: Unproven
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Timelineinfo

09/13/2007 🔍
10/29/2007 +46 days 🔍
10/30/2007 +0 days 🔍
05/19/2008 +201 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2492 days 🔍
09/10/2018 +1274 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4861 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4861
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39473
X-Force: 38138 - Simple Accessible XHTML Online News (SAXON) news.php and edit-item.php path disclosure
OSVDB: 45330 - SAXON news.php Direct Request Path Disclosure

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 09/10/2018 08:22
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (51), 09/10/2018 08:22 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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