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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2008-5322

High
7.8/10

Summary

Wysi Wiki Wyg 1.0 allows remote attackers to obtain system information via an invalid categup parameter to index.php, which calls the phpinfo function.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • 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