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CVE-2001-1437 (GCVE-0-2001-1437)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-04-21 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:58
VLAI
Summary
easyScripts easyNews 1.5 allows remote attackers to obtain the full path of the web root via a view request with a non-integer news message id field, which leaks the path in a PHP error message when the script times out.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/597795 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3649 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2001-12-01 00:00
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