Anchor CMS 0.12.3 is susceptible to an error log exposure vulnerability due to an issue in config/error.php. The error log is exposed at an errors.log URI, and contains MySQL credentials if a MySQL error (such as "Too many connections") has occurred.
id: CVE-2018-7251
info:
name: Anchor CMS 0.12.3 - Error Log Exposure
author: pdteam
severity: critical
description: |
Anchor CMS 0.12.3 is susceptible to an error log exposure vulnerability due to an issue in config/error.php. The error log is exposed at an errors.log URI, and contains MySQL credentials if a MySQL error (such as "Too many connections") has occurred.
impact: |
An attacker can gain access to sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and system configuration details.
remediation: |
Upgrade to the latest version of Anchor CMS or apply the necessary patches to fix the error log exposure vulnerability.
reference:
- https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/issues/1247
- https://twitter.com/finnwea/status/965279233030393856
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154723/Anchor-CMS-0.12.3a-Information-Disclosure.html
- https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/releases/tag/0.12.7
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7251
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 9.8
cve-id: CVE-2018-7251
cwe-id: CWE-200
epss-score: 0.7183
epss-percentile: 0.99414
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:anchorcms:anchor:0.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: anchorcms
product: anchor
tags: cve,cve2018,anchorcms,logs,error,packetstorm,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/anchor/errors.log'
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- '"date":'
- '"message":'
- '"trace":['
condition: and
# digest: 4b0a0048304602210093cbce0c1da61edb77fd8af2a1d8ad7eedb05619b350a70c1ba8f99ef5fa9a3e022100d8bde6d61f76acbdc96708067e70f21f319b7812829e078ff80954eaccd80b95:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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