PHPChain settings.php and cat.php path disclosure
| phpchain-settings-cat-path-disclosure (34019) |  Low Risk |
Description:
PHPChain could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the settings.php and cat.php script using an invalid catid parameter to cause an error message to be returned containing the full installation path. An attacker could use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
Platforms Affected:
- GlobalMegaCorp, PHPChain 1.0 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- GlobalMegaCorp Web site, PHPChain at http://www.globalmegacorp.org/PHPChain/.
- UNSECURED SYSTEMS Wednesday, May 02, 2007, PHPChain vuln. at http://pridels.blogspot.com/2007/05/phpchain-vuln.html.
- BID-23761: PHPChain Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-2670: PHPChain 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via invalid values of the catid parameter to (1) settings.php or (2) cat.php, as demonstrated by XSS manipulations.
- SA25128: PHPChain Two Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1647: PHPChain catid Parameter Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
May 02, 2007
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