CVE-2020-9351 Information disclosure in n/a
Unauthenticated attackers can trigger verbose XML errors to reveal the absolute file path of the application, aiding further attacks.
- 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-2020-9351?
CVE-2020-9351 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0. If an unauthenticated attacker makes a POST request to /tools/developerConsoleOperations.jsp or /isomorphic/IDACall with malformed XML data in the _transaction parameter, the server replies with a verbose error showing where the application resides (the absolute path). NOTE: the documentation states "These tools are, by default, available to anyone ... so they should only be deployed into a trusted environment. Alternately, the tools can easily be restricted to administrators or end users by protecting the tools path with normal authentication and authorization mechanisms on the web server."
Weakness: CWE-209
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9351?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Smartclient Smartclient.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9351?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9351 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-9351 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9351 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8m56-4v6j-q5p8.