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Exposed phpinfo() leaked via documentation files

Moderate
Geolim4 published GHSA-cvh5-p6r6-g2qc Aug 12, 2021

Package

composer phpfastcache/phpfastcache (Composer)

Affected versions

<=8.0.6, <=7.1.1, <=6.1.4, <=5.0.21

Patched versions

8.0.7, 7.1.2, 6.1.5

Description

Impact

The phpinfo() can be exposed if the /vendor is not protected from public access. This is a rare situation today since the vendor directory is often located outside the web directory or protected via server rule (.htaccess, etc).

Patches

Only the v6, v7 and v8 will be patched respectively in 8.0.7, 7.1.2, 6.1.5.
Older versions such as v5, v4 are not longer supported and will NOT be patched.

Workarounds

Protect the /vendor directory from public access.

References

The first issue revealing this vulnerability is located here: flextype/flextype#567
V6 fix: #815
V7 fix: #814
V8 fix: #813

For more information

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Severity

Moderate
5.4
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2021-37704

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits