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CuteNews Debug Information Disclosure
Secunia Advisory: SA10322
Release Date: 2003-12-01
Last Update: 2005-11-09
Popularity: 7,523 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:CuteNews 1.x

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Description:
A security issues has been reported in CuteNews, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of various system information.

The problem is that CuteNews discloses various debug information via "phpinfo()" when the "debug" parameter is supplied to "index.php".

Example:
http://[victim]/cutenews/index.php?debug

The issue has been confirmed in version 1.3.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.4.1 (build 178).
http://cutephp.com/cutenews/

Provided and/or discovered by:
Arnaud Jacques

Changelog:
2005-11-09: Updated "Solution" section.


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