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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2016-9286

Severity Medium
Score 5.3/10

Summary

framework/modules/users/controllers/usersController.php in Exponent CMS v2.4.0patch1 does not properly restrict access to user records, which allows remote attackers to read address information, as demonstrated by an address/show/id/1 URI.

  • 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