VDB-47421 · CVE-2005-4880 · EDB 26090

Jax Guestbook 3.1/3.3.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Jax Guestbook 3.1/3.3.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-4880. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Jax Guestbook 3.1/3.3.1. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Jax Guestbook 3.1 and 3.31 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain IP addresses of users via a direct request to (1) guestbook, (2) guestbook_ips2block, (3) ips2block, and (4) formmailer/logfile.csv.

The weakness was released 03/31/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-4880 since 03/31/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 Exploit-DB (26090) and Secunia (SA16337†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-29778 and VDB-47420. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

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Guestbook

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/05/2005 🔍
03/31/2009 +1334 days 🔍
03/31/2009 +0 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2177 days 🔍
07/28/2025 +3786 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4880 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4880
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47421
Secunia: 16337 - Jax Guestbook Cross-Site Scripting and Information Disclosure, Less Critical

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

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 07/28/2025 05:50
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (43), 11/03/2018 18:07 (7), 07/28/2025 05:50 (30)
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Cache ID: 216:F82:103

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