CVE-2008-0466

Web Wiz Forums vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

4.9%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

Web Wiz RTE_file_browser.asp in, as used in Web Wiz Rich Text Editor 4.0, Web Wiz Forums 9.07, and Web Wiz Newspad 1.02, does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to list directories and read files. NOTE: this can be leveraged for listings outside the configured directory tree by exploiting a separate directory traversal vulnerability.

Affected vendor

Webwiz

Affected product

Web Wiz Forums

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Published

2008-01-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Webwiz Web Wiz Forums is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0466.
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