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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2011-2157

Medium
5/10

Summary

The (1) Admin/frmEmailReportSettings.aspx and (2) Admin/frmGeneralSettings.aspx components in the SmarterTools SmarterStats 6.0 web server generate web pages containing e-mail addresses, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading the default values of form fields.

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

CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published