#VU21413 Information disclosure in SPIP - CVE-2019-16394 

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#VU21413 Information disclosure in SPIP - CVE-2019-16394

Published: September 29, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21413
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
SPIP
Software vendor:
spip.net

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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