CVE-2005-4249 (GCVE-0-2005-4249)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-12-15 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:38
VLAI
Summary
ADP Forum 2.0 through 2.0.3 stores sensitive information in plaintext files under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain user credentials via requests to the forum/users directory.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2349 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18027 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419393/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/253 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.blogcu.com/Liz0ziM/144336/ x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2005-12-13 00:00
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