Woomes Diarise up to 1.5.9 download.php calendar information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Woomes Diarise up to 1.5.9. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file download.php. The manipulation of the argument calendar leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-25779. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Woomes Diarise up to 1.5.9 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file download.php. The manipulation of the argument calendar 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:

WooThemes Diarise through 1.5.9 contains a file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files through the calendar parameter of download.php. Attackers can send GET requests with file:// scheme paths to the calendar parameter to disclose sensitive files like /etc/passwd. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

It is possible to read the advisory at packetstorm.news. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-25779 since 10/14/2026. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/22/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Woomes

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• Diarise

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.5.9

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• end of life

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