Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-41263 - Information Exposure Through Log Files vulnerability in Plixer Scrutinizer

047910
CVSS 3.7 - LOW
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
high complexity
plixer
CWE-532

Summary

An issue was discovered in Plixer Scrutinizer before 19.3.1. It exposes debug logs to unauthenticated users at the /debug/ URL path. With knowledge of valid IP addresses and source types, an unauthenticated attacker can download debug logs containing application-related information.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Fuzzing and observing application log data/errors for application mapping
    An attacker sends random, malformed, or otherwise unexpected messages to a target application and observes the application's log or error messages returned. Fuzzing techniques involve sending random or malformed messages to a target and monitoring the target's response. The attacker does not initially know how a target will respond to individual messages but by attempting a large number of message variants they may find a variant that trigger's desired behavior. In this attack, the purpose of the fuzzing is to observe the application's log and error messages, although fuzzing a target can also sometimes cause the target to enter an unstable state, causing a crash. By observing logs and error messages, the attacker can learn details about the configuration of the target application and might be able to cause the target to disclose sensitive information.