Information disclosure in XOOPS - CVE-2011-3822

 

Information disclosure in XOOPS - CVE-2011-3822

Published: September 24, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44658
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3822
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Xoops.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
XOOPS

Detailed vulnerability description

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

XOOPS 2.5.0 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 modules/system/xoops_version.php and certain other files.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-3822

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources