CVE-2007-4873 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SimpNews 2.41.03 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary .inc files via a direct request, as demonstrated by admin/includes/dbtables.inc.

Published: 2007-09-27

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simplenews:simplenews:2.41.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4854	SimpNews 2.41.03 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary .inc files via a direct request, as demonstrated by admin/includes/dbtables.inc.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00508.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066056.html
http://osvdb.org/45479
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3173
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0069
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480601/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36778

History

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Subscriptions

Simplenews Simplenews

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-27T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:33.878Z

Reserved: 2007-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4873

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-09-27T19:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4873

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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