betaparticle blog Web root information disclosure
| betaparticle-web-root-information-disclosure (19779) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
betaparticle blog (BP Blog) could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information caused by a vulnerability in the Web root. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information such as the username and password.
Platforms Affected:
- BP Blog, BP Blog 4.0 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of bestparticle blog (4.0 or later), available from the betaparticle blog Web site. See References..
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- betaparticle blog Web site, About Us at http://www.betaparticle.com/default.asp.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Mar 20 2005 - 00:34:43 CST , 2 vulnerabilities in BetaParticle at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0346.html.
- BID-12861: Betaparticle Blog Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-0853: betaparticle blog (bp blog) stores the database under the web root, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) dbBlogMX.mdb for versions before 3.0, or (2) Blog.mdb for versions 3.0 and later. NOTE: it was later reported that vector 2 also affects versions 6.0 through 9.0.
- SA14668: betaparticle blog Exposure of Sensitive Information and Security Bypass
- SA33233: betaparticle blog Database Disclosure
Reported:
Mar 20, 2005
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