VYPR

CWE-219

Storage of File with Sensitive Data Under Web Root

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The product stores sensitive data under the web document root with insufficient access control, which might make it accessible to untrusted parties.

Besides public-facing web pages and code, products may store sensitive data, code that is not directly invoked, or other files under the web document root of the web server. If the server is not configured or otherwise used to prevent direct access to those files, then attackers may obtain this sensitive data.

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CVEs mapped to this weakness (2)

  • CVE-2002-2024MedDec 31, 2002
    risk 0.35cvss 5.3epss 0.02

    Horde IMP 2.2.7 allows remote attackers to obtain the full web root pathname via an HTTP request for (1) poppassd.php3, (2) login.php3?reason=chpass2, (3) spelling.php3, and (4) ldap.search.php3?ldap_serv=nonsense which leaks the information in error messages.

  • CVE-2024-56159Dec 19, 2024
    risk 0.00cvss epss 0.01

    Astro is a web framework for content-driven websites. A bug in the build process allows any unauthenticated user to read parts of the server source code. During build, along with client assets such as css and font files, the sourcemap files **for the server code** are moved to a…