Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been discovered in myPHP Guestbook, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
myPHP Guestbook Information Disclosure Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38542
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38542/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been discovered in myPHP Guestbook, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
The security issue is caused due to improper access restrictions to
the "backup.sql" database file in the "backup" directory. This can be
exploited to download the database file and disclose sensitive
information.
The security issue is confirmed in version 2.0.2. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the the "backup.sql" file in the "backup"
directory (e.g. via .htaccess).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
ViRuSMaN
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/myphpguestbook-disclose.txt
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