# CVE-2005-4172: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive full pathname information by directly requesting storyblock.php without arguments, exposing internal file paths.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Dec 2005
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wm8g-494w-jg7c

## What is CVE-2005-4172?

CVE-2005-4172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Dec 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

eFiction 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to storyblock.php without arguments, which leaks the full pathname in the resulting PHP error message.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4172?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Efiction Project Efiction.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-4172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-4172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2005-4168](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4168/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-4169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4169/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-4170](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4170/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-4171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4171/): File upload in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-4173](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4173/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-4172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-4172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Dec 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4172/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4172
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4172
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4172

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4172/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.