13787 : MercuryBoard index.php debug Information Disclosure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
6	766	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	1 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-02-13	2005-02-13	2005-02-15	2005-02-15

Time to Exploit
2 days

Description

MercuryBoard contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is triggered when a user manipulates the index.php script and appends "&debug=1" to it. This may disclose SQL queries, files in use, web path disclosure, and templates used resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation, Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.1.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Mercuryboard	Mercuryboard	1.1.x
		1.0.x

References

Security Tracker: 1013626
Related OSVDB ID: 13262 13263 13264 13265 13266 13267 13764
Secunia Advisory ID: 14284
CVE ID: 2005-0460 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/02/mercuryboard-debug-information.html

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Lostmon - Personal Blog

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-07 | Disagree?

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