Information disclosure in Phpwebquest

CVE-2008-0249

PHP Webquest 2.6 allows remote attackers to retrieve database credentials via a direct request to admin/backup_phpwebquest.php, which leaks the credentials in an error message if a call to /usr/bin/mysqldump fails. NOTE: this might only be an issue in limited environments.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.026 (83.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Phpwebquest — versions 2.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)