01 Record
CVE-2007-4873
SimpNews 2.41.03 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary .inc files via a direct request, as demonstrated
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
SimpNews 2.41.03 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary .inc files via a direct request, as demonstrated
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-09-27 19:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-09-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5e9e8253d93caa3807f094a8e3eec9de0228f15b215213d2f0dc310f4a411204
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsimpnews-dbtables-information-disclosure(36778)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36778
- lists.grok.org.uk20070925 SimpNews version 2.41.03 File Content Disclosure Vulnerabilityhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066056.html
- forum.boesch-it.dehttp://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
- securityreason.com3173http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3173
- osvdb.org45479http://osvdb.org/45479
- www.securityfocus.com20070925 SimpNews version 2.41.03 File Content Disclosure Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480601/100/0/threaded
- www.netvigilance.comhttp://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0069