# CVE-2009-2304: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive installation path information via error messages triggered by invalid account names in the rate action.

- **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:** 2 Jul 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c525-q4hc-xc2v

## What is CVE-2009-2304?

CVE-2009-2304 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

index.php in Aardvark Topsites PHP 5.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a nonexistent account name in the u parameter in a rate action, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2304?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Avatic Aardvark Topsites Php.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-2304?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2304 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-2304 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2304 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-1844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1844/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-7026](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-7026/): File upload in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2006-2149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2149/): File upload in n/a (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2009-2303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2303/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2010-4097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4097/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-2304 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-2304 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jul 2009. 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-2009-2304 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-2009-2304/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2304/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2304
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2304
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2304

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.