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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2018-18487

High
7.5/10

Summary

In \lib\admin\action\dataaction.class.php in Gxlcms v2.0, the database backup filename generation uses mt_rand() unsafely, resulting in predictable database backup file locations.

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