CVE-2007-5193 (GCVE-0-2007-5193)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-04 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:24
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Summary
The default configuration for twiki 4.1.2 on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other operating systems, specifies the work area directory (cfg{RCS}{WorkAreaDir}) under the web document root, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information when .htaccess restrictions are not applied.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=444982 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/42338 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2007-10-02 00:00
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