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CVE-2006-6071

TWiki 4.0.5 and earlier, when running under Apache 1.3 using ApacheLogin with sessions and "ErrorDocument 401" redirects

TWiki 4.0.5 and earlier, when running under Apache 1.3 using ApacheLogin with sessions and "ErrorDocument 401" redirects to a valid wiki topic, does not properly handle failed login attempts, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary content by cancelling out of a failed authentication with a valid username and invalid password.

HIGH · CVSS 9 EPSS 0.01488
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
twiki<= 4.0.5
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Scoring & Timeline

9
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD02 Dec 2006 · 02:28 AM
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/23189Vendor Advisory
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2006-6071
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21381
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4790
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30667
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