PT-2007-5991 · Simpnews · Simpnews

Published 2007-09-27 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-4873

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SimpNews version 2.41.03

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to download arbitrary .inc files via a direct request due to insufficient access control of sensitive information stored under the web root. This can be demonstrated by accessing files such as admin/includes/dbtables.inc.

Recommendations: For SimpNews version 2.41.03, consider restricting direct access to .inc files under the web root to prevent unauthorized downloads until a proper fix is applied. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to sensitive directories such as admin/includes/ to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4873

Affected Products

Simpnews

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4873 · Security Note
• http://netvigilance.com/advisory0069 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3173 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/480601/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36778 · Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066056.html · Note
• http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/45479 · Note