Aardvark Topsites PHP index.php information disclosure
| aardvarktopsitesphp-index-info-disclosure (51392) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Aardvark Topsites PHP could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the index.php script. By sending a direct request to the start or "u" parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the full installation path.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 4.8 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- Aardvark Topsites PHP Web site: Aardvark Topsites PHP - A Free PHP Topsites Script.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Jun 25 2009 - 15:29:04 CDT : Report vulnerabilities.
- Web Application Security Web site: Aardvark Topsites PHP 5.2.1 security vulnerabilities disclosure.
- CVE-2009-2303: index.php in Aardvark Topsites PHP 5.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a negative integer value for the start parameter in a search action, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
- CVE-2009-2304: index.php in Aardvark Topsites PHP 5.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a nonexistent account name in the u parameter in a rate action, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
- OSVDB ID: 55539: Aardvark Topsites PHP index.php Multiple Parameter Error Message Path Disclosure
Platforms Affected:
- Avatic Aardvark Topsites PHP 4.0.2
- Avatic Aardvark Topsites PHP 4.1.1
- Avatic Aardvark Topsites PHP 4.2.2
- Avatic Aardvark Topsites PHP 5
- Avatic Aardvark Topsites PHP 5.0.3
- Avatic Aardvark Topsites PHP 5.1.2
- Avatic Aardvark Topsites PHP 5.2.0
Reported:
Jun 25, 2009
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