CVE-2008-6999 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

phpAuction 3.2, and possibly 3.3.0 GPL Basic edition, allows remote attackers to obtain configuration information via a direct request to phpinfo.php, which calls the phpinfo function.

Published: 2009-08-18

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpauction:phpauction:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpauction:phpauction:3.3.0::gpl_basic:::::

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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-2008-6958	phpAuction 3.2, and possibly 3.3.0 GPL Basic edition, allows remote attackers to obtain configuration information via a direct request to phpinfo.php, which calls the phpinfo function.

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 0.00319.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/47939
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0809-exploits/phpauction32-rfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/31803
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44936

History

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Subscriptions

Phpauction Phpauction

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-18T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:49:02.471Z

Reserved: 2009-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6999

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-19T05:24:52.827

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

Link: CVE-2008-6999

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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