# CVE-2007-4861: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive path information via error messages when display_errors is enabled in SAXON.

- **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:** 30 Oct 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ggh7-8g84-pcwc

## What is CVE-2007-4861?

CVE-2007-4861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAXON 5.4, with display_errors enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) a direct request for news.php, (2) an invalid use of a newsid array parameter to admin/edit-item.php, and possibly unspecified vectors related to additional scripts in (3) admin/, (4) rss/, and (5) the root directory of the installation, which reveal the path in various error messages.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4861?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Quirm Saxon.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-4861?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4861 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-4861 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4861 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-4863](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4863/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2007-4862](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4862/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-4861 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-4861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Oct 2007. 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-2007-4861 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-2007-4861/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4861/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4861
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4861
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-4861

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