CVE-2007-4872

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2007-4872 · Published 27/09/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-4872 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting simplenews (simplenews).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
simplenews simplenews	`= 2.41.03`	No fix yet

Description

SimpNews 2.41.03 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) an invalid lang parameter to admin/index.php; or a direct request to (2) admin/dbg_infos.php, (3) admin/heading.php, or (4) evsearch.php; which reveals the path in various error messages.

References

forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php
lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066052.html
osvdb.org/43540
osvdb.org/43541
osvdb.org/43542
osvdb.org/43543
securityreason.com/securityalert/3174
netvigilance.com/advisory0068 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/480588/100/0/threaded
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36779

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