Information disclosure in CodeIgniter

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU44695

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3719

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

CodeIgniter 1.7.2 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 system/scaffolding/views/view.php and certain other files.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

CodeIgniter: 1.7.2

External links

http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/%21_README
http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/CodeIgniter_1.7.2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.