PT-2011-4658 · Phorum · Phorum

Published 2011-09-24 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2011-3768

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 Phorum version 5.2.15a

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to certain .php files. This is demonstrated by files such as css.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Recommendations For Phorum version 5.2.15a, consider restricting access to sensitive .php files, such as css.php, to prevent the disclosure of installation path information. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to these files until a patch is available.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3768

Affected Products

Phorum

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3768 · Security Note
• http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/%21_README · Note
• http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/phorum-5.2.15a · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70604 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3768 · Note