CVE-2007-4872

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Published Sep 27, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

SimpNews 2.41.03 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) an invalid lang parameter to admin/index.php; or a direct request to (2) admin/dbg_infos.php, (3) admin/heading.php, or (4) evsearch.php; which reveals the path in various error messages.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simplenews:simplenews:2.41.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4853	SimpNews 2.41.03 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) an invalid lang parameter to admin/index.php; or a direct request to (2) admin/dbg_infos.php, (3) admin/heading.php, or (4) evsearch.php; which reveals the path in various error messages.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.816% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066052.html
http://osvdb.org/43540
http://osvdb.org/43541
http://osvdb.org/43542
http://osvdb.org/43543
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3174
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0068
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480588/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36779

History

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Subscriptions

Simplenews Simplenews

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:08 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 27, 2007, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:08 PM
Reserved: Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 27, 2007, 7:17 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

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