SB2011092412 - Information disclosure in Phpnuke PHP-Nuke

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3784)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 8.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by themes/Odyssey/theme.php and certain other files.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/%21_README
• http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/PHP-Nuke-8.0
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6