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Exposed phpinfo() leadked via documentation files

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 12, 2021 in PHPSocialNetwork/phpfastcache • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

composer phpfastcache/phpfastcache (Composer)

Affected versions

< 6.1.5
>= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.7

Patched versions

6.1.5
7.1.2
8.0.7

Description

Impact

The phpinfo() can be exposed if the /vendor is not protected from public access. This is a rare situation today since the vendor directory is often located outside the web directory or protected via server rule (.htaccess, etc).

Patches

Only the v6, v7 and v8 will be patched respectively in 8.0.7, 7.1.2, 6.1.5.
Older versions such as v5, v4 are not longer supported and will NOT be patched.

Workarounds

Protect the /vendor directory from public access.

References

The first issue revealing this vulnerability is located here: flextype/flextype#567
V6 fix: PHPSocialNetwork/phpfastcache#815
V7 fix: PHPSocialNetwork/phpfastcache#814
V8 fix: PHPSocialNetwork/phpfastcache#813

For more information

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References

@Geolim4 Geolim4 published to PHPSocialNetwork/phpfastcache Aug 12, 2021
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 12, 2021
Reviewed Aug 26, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 30, 2021
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

EPSS score

0.666%
(80th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-37704

GHSA ID

GHSA-cvh5-p6r6-g2qc

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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