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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2012-2327

Medium
5/10

Summary

MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.6.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a malformed forumread cookie, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

  • 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