Spyke Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11706

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Synopsis

The remote web application is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is using Spyke - a web board written in PHP.

This board stores vital information in the file info.dat, which can be downloaded by anyone. This file contains the name of the administrator of the website, as well as its password.

Another flaw lets an attacker download information about any user simply by knowing their name.

Solution

There are no known fixes. Discontinue use of Spyke.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11706

File Name: spyke_flaws.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/9/2003

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2003

Reference Information

BID: 7856

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