WP-Cumulus <= 1.20 - Sensitive Information Exposure

2009-11-25 00:00

Eugene Dokukin

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.23

Affected PluginWP Cumulus

Affected Version<= 1.20

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2009-4170

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Vulnerability Overview

WP-Cumulus Plug-in 1.20 for WordPress, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted request to wp-cumulus.php, probably without parameters, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.23, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4170 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/21ec0fc9-4fb2-43fd-aba5-8f452d35d7b8

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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