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Secunia Research 15/03/2011
- LotusCMS "page" User Enumeration Weakness -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software...................................................1
Severity............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software....................................3
Description of Vulnerability........................................4
Solution............................................................5
Time Table..........................................................6
Credits.............................................................7
References..........................................................8
About Secunia.......................................................9
Verification.......................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* LotusCMS version 3.0.3.
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Not critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"State of the Art, flat-file, Content Management System."
Product Link:
http://www.lotuscms.org/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a weakness in LotusCMS, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
The "saveFile()" function in core/lib/cacher.php script displays
different error messages depending on the existence of a user passed
via the "page" parameter to index.php. This can be exploited to
enumerate existing users via directory traversal sequences.
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5) Solution
Update to version 3.0.5.
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6) Time Table
09/03/2011 - Vendor notified.
15/03/2011 - Vendor response.
15/03/2011 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not
currently assigned a CVE identifier for the weakness.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-16/
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