Information disclosure in SPIP - CVE-2019-16394
Published: September 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21413
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16394
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: spip.net
Affected software:
SPIP
SPIP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to SPIP returns different responses for existing and non-existing email addresses in an error messages from the password-reminder page. A remote attacker can brute-force the password reminder functionality and exfiltrate email addresses of existing web application users.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16394
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://blog.spip.net/Mise-a-jour-CRITIQUE-de-securite-Sortie-de-SPIP-3-2-5-et-SPIP-3-1-11.html
- https://core.spip.net/issues/4171
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/40
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4532
- https://zone.spip.net/trac/spip-zone/changeset/117577/spip-zone
- https://zone.spip.net/trac/spip-zone/changeset/117578/spip-zone