Nonexistent Page (404) Physical Path Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11714

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Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The remote web server reveals the physical path of the webroot when a nonexistent page is requested.

While printing errors to the output is useful for debugging applications, this feature should be disabled on production servers.

Solution

Upgrade the web server to the latest version. Alternatively, reconfigure the web server to disable debug reporting.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11714

File Name: 404_path_disclosure.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 6/11/2003

Updated: 6/27/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-1372, CVE-2002-0266, CVE-2002-2008, CVE-2003-0456

BID: 3341, 4035, 4261, 5054, 8075

CWE: 200

CERT: 278971

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