SAXON 5.4, with display_errors enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive…
Priority LOW 26CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
SAXON 5.4, with display_errors enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) a direct request for news.php, (2) an invalid use of a newsid array parameter to admin/edit-item.php, and possibly unspecified vectors related to additional scripts in (3) admin/, (4) rss/, and (5) the root directory of the installation, which reveal the path in various error messages.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01814 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4861
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ggh7-8g84-pcwc
References
More Quirm Saxon vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-04697 SQL injection vulnerability in example.php in SAXON 5.4 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2007-04696 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/menu.php in SAXON 5.4 allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2007-4861 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-4861 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ggh7-8g84-pcwc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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