CVE-2007-5934
The LOB functionality in PEAR MDB2 before 2.5.0a1 interprets a request to store a URL string as a request to retrieve and store the contents of the URL, which might allow remote attackers to use MDB2 as an indirect proxy or obtain sensitive information…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The LOB functionality in PEAR MDB2 before 2.5.0a1 interprets a request to store a URL string as a request to retrieve and store the contents of the URL, which might allow remote attackers to use MDB2 as an indirect proxy or obtain sensitive information via a URL into a form field in an MDB2 application, as demonstrated by a file:// URL or a URL for an intranet web site.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.62% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- pear/structures datagrid datasource mdb2
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198446
- http://marc.info/?l=pear-cvs&m=117823082829114&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/42107
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=10024
- http://pear.php.net/package/MDB2/download/2.5.0a1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27572
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27626
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27983
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-05.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26382
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3806
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00434.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198446
- http://marc.info/?l=pear-cvs&m=117823082829114&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/42107
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=10024
- http://pear.php.net/package/MDB2/download/2.5.0a1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27572
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27626
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27983
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-05.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26382
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3806
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00434.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.