CVE-2007-4873

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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 by admin/includes/dbtables.inc.

Affected products

Simplenews: 2.41.03

References

http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066056.html
http://osvdb.org/45479
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3173
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0069
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480601/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36778
http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066056.html
http://osvdb.org/45479
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3173
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0069

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