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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2014-8706

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

Pluck CMS 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) changing "PHPSESSID" to an array; (2) adding non-alphanumeric chars to "PHPSESSID"; (3) changing the image parameter to an array; or (4) changing the image parameter to a string, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • 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