CVE-2007-4873

Impact

SimpNews 2.41.03 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary .inc files via a direct request, as demonstrated by admin/includes/dbtables.inc.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066056.html
• http://osvdb.org/45479
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3173
• http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0069
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480601/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36778
• http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066056.html
• http://osvdb.org/45479
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3173
• http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0069
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480601/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36778