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WF-Chat User Account Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11688

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a CGI application that is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The WF-Chat allows an attacker to view information about registered users by requesting the files '!nicks.txt' and '!pwds.txt'.

Solution

Delete this CGI.

See Also

http://lists.insecure.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Mar/0271.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11688

File Name: wfchat_user_disclosure.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/2/2003

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-1540

BID: 7147

CWE: 200