CVE-2007-4872

high

Description

SimpNews 2.41.03 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) an invalid lang parameter to admin/index.php; or a direct request to (2) admin/dbg_infos.php, (3) admin/heading.php, or (4) evsearch.php; which reveals the path in various error messages.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36779

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480588/100/0/threaded

http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0068

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3174

http://osvdb.org/43543

http://osvdb.org/43542

http://osvdb.org/43541

http://osvdb.org/43540

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066052.html

http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-09-27

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