39150 : CONTENTCustomizer dialog.php editauthor Action Remote Credentials Disclosure
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-11-01

Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : dialog.php in CONTENTCustomizer 3.1mp and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive author credentials by making a request with an editauthor action, then reading the value of the newlocalpassword password input field in the HTML source of the resulting page.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s): Restrict access to the CONTENTCustomizer directory to trusted users only.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-5816 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26291
Secunia Advisory ID: 27440
Other Advisory URL: http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0710-exploits/contentcustom-disclose.txt

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-11-06 | Disagree?

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2007/11/07 08:07:14 | CVE-2007-5816 (CONTENTCustomizer)

from: VulnAware.com

dialog.php in CONTENTCustomizer 3.1mp and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive author credentials by making a request with an editauthor action, then reading the value of the newlocalpassword password input field in the HTML source of the resulting page.

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