Title: Laforge Groups News51 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
News51 is a Web-based news board system.
News51 stores usernames and password hashes in a file called user.idx, located in the forumdata/data directory by default. Read access to this file is not restricted, allowing any user with a Web browser to retrieve it. This would disclose the usernames and MD5 password hashes of all users with privileges to post on the news board.
This issue is similar to BIDs 8126 and 8127.
Affected Products:
- Laforge Groups News51 1.0.0a
- Laforge Groups News51 1.5.0
References:
- Laforge Groups: the51 Products Web page
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