Simplemachines SMF up to 2.0 Search.php PlushSearch2 information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Simplemachines SMF. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function PlushSearch2 of the file Search.php. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2011-1131. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Simplemachines SMF. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function PlushSearch2 of the file Search.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The PlushSearch2 function in Search.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 1.1.13, and 2.x before 2.0 RC5, uses certain cached data in a situation where a temporary table has been created, even though this cached data is intended only for situations where a temporary table has not been created, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a search.

The weakness was released 06/20/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared at simplemachines.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-1131 since 03/02/2011. 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 known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:Search.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.1.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-57740, VDB-57739, VDB-57738 and VDB-57737. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Simplemachines

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• SMF

Version

• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.12
• 1.0.13
• 1.0.14
• 1.0.15
• 1.0.16
• 1.0.17
• 1.0.18
• 1.0.19
• 1.0.20
• 1.0.21
• 1.1
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.12
• 2.0

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