Overview
BlogEngine.net 2.8.0.0 and earlier versions contain an information disclosure vulnerability which could allow an attacker to gain access to credentials.
Description
CWE-200: Information Exposure BlogEngine.net 2.8.0.0 and earlier contain an information disclosure vulnerability which could allow an attacker to gain access to credential information. BlogEngine.net allows unauthenticated users to view system configuration files (sioc.axd) which contain username and hashed passwords of the BlogEngine.net site. |
Impact
An unauthenticated remote attacker could gain access to credential information on the BlogEngine.net system. |
Solution
We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem. |
Restrict access to the sioc.axd configuration file |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | 5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Temporal | 3.8 | E:U/RL:U/RC:UC |
| Environmental | 1.1 | CDP:L/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Ali Hussein of Help AG Middle East for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Michael Orlando.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2013-6953 |
| Date Public: | 2013-12-13 |
| Date First Published: | 2014-01-02 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2014-01-02 12:22 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 16 |