CVE-2007-4861

high

Description

SAXON 5.4, with display_errors enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) a direct request for news.php, (2) an invalid use of a newsid array parameter to admin/edit-item.php, and possibly unspecified vectors related to additional scripts in (3) admin/, (4) rss/, and (5) the root directory of the installation, which reveal the path in various error messages.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38138

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482930/100/0/threaded

http://www.quirm.net/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=129

http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0053

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3311

http://osvdb.org/45334

http://osvdb.org/45333

http://osvdb.org/45332

http://osvdb.org/45331

http://osvdb.org/45330

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-10-30

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00705