Boesch-it SimpNews up to 2.47.03 Error Message news.php lang information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Boesch-it SimpNews. This affects an unknown function of the file news.php of the component Error Message Handler. This manipulation of the argument lang causes information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2859. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Boesch-it SimpNews and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file news.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:

news.php in SimpNews 2.47.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid lang parameter, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

The weakness was shared 07/24/2010 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-2859 since 07/23/2010. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. 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.

The entry VDB-54138 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Boesch-it

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• SimpNews

Version

• 2.0.1
• 2.13
• 2.30
• 2.30.2
• 2.30.6
• 2.31.0
• 2.32.0
• 2.32.1
• 2.33.0
• 2.33.01
• 2.34
• 2.34.0
• 2.34.01
• 2.35.00
• 2.36.00
• 2.37.00
• 2.37.01
• 2.37.02
• 2.38
• 2.38.02
• 2.38.03
• 2.38.04
• 2.39.0
• 2.40.01
• 2.41.0
• 2.41.02
• 2.41.03
• 2.42.0
• 2.42.01
• 2.44.00
• 2.47.00
• 2.47.03

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