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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2005-4214

Medium
5/10

Summary

phpCOIN 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via a direct request to config.php, which leaks the path in an error message because the _CCFG['_PKG_PATH_DBSE'] variable is not defined.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published