CVE-2007-4872 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

SimpNews 2.41.03 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) an invalid lang parameter to admin/index.php; or a direct request to (2) admin/dbg_infos.php, (3) admin/heading.php, or (4) evsearch.php; which reveals the path in various error messages.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00804.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Simplenews	Simplenews

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simplenews:simplenews:2.41.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4853	SimpNews 2.41.03 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) an invalid lang parameter to admin/index.php; or a direct request to (2) admin/dbg_infos.php, (3) admin/heading.php, or (4) evsearch.php; which reveals the path in various error messages.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066052.html
http://osvdb.org/43540
http://osvdb.org/43541
http://osvdb.org/43542
http://osvdb.org/43543
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3174
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0068
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480588/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36779

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-27T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:33.799Z

Reserved: 2007-09-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-4872

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-09-27T19:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-4872

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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