Description
P-News 1.16 and 1.17 store sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the administrative account name and password hash via a direct request for db/user.dat.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- P-News 1.16/1.17 - 'user.dat' Remote Password Disclosure EDB-3054 · webapps · Dec 31, 2006 · verified
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References
- pnews-user-info-disclosure(31197) vdb-entry
- 3054 exploit