PT-2011-4600 · Automattic · Bbpress

Published 2011-09-23 · Updated 2012-03-13 · CVE-2011-3710

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 bbPress version 1.0.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file. This is achieved by accessing specific files, such as 'bb-templates/kakumei/view.php', which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Recommendations For bbPress version 1.0.2, consider restricting access to sensitive .php files, such as 'bb-templates/kakumei/view.php', to prevent the disclosure of installation paths.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3710

Affected Products

Bbpress

References · 5

• 🔥 http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/bbpress-1.0.2 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3710 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3710 · Note
• http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/%21_README · Note