CVE-2012-4747 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can read sensitive template and documentation files from Bugzilla web root due to insufficient access control.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2012-4747?

CVE-2012-4747 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 4 Sep 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Bugzilla 2.x and 3.x through 3.6.11, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.8, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.3, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3 stores potentially sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to read (1) template (aka .tmpl) files, (2) other custom extension files under extensions/, or (3) custom documentation files under docs/ via a direct request.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4747?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Bugzilla.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4747?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4747 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-4747 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4747 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Bugzilla vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pmc8-6rrw-66jj.

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