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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2007-5404

Medium
5/10

Summary

Layton HelpBox 3.7.1 generates different responses depending on whether or not a username is valid in a failed login attempt, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • 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