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archilles Newsworld "data" Exposure of Sensitive Information
Secunia Advisory: SA17310
Release Date: 2005-10-25
Last Update: 2006-01-19
Popularity: 5,918 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:archilles Newsworld 1.x

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Description:
Christoph "Chb" Burchert has discovered a security issue in archilles Newsworld, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The problem is that user credentials and session information are stored in the "data" directory inside the web root. This can be exploited to disclose usernames, encrypted passwords, and session information.

Successful exploitation requires that support for ".htaccess" files is disabled.

The security issue has been confirmed in version 1.3.2 and has also been reported in versions 1.3.1 and 1.5.0-rc1. Other versions may also be affected.

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