CVE-2018-7251 — An issue was discovered in config/error

An issue was discovered in config/error.php in Anchor 0.12.3. The error log is exposed at an errors.log URI, and contains MySQL credentials if a MySQL error (such as "Too many connections") has occurred.

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in config/error.php in Anchor 0.12.3. The error log is exposed at an errors.log URI, and contains MySQL credentials if a MySQL error (such as "Too many connections") has occurred.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-02-19T22:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T06:24:11.682Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/issues/1247
• www.andmp.com — http://www.andmp.com/2018/02/advisory-assigned-CVE-2018-7251-in-anchorcms.html
• twitter.com — https://twitter.com/finnwea/status/965279233030393856
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154723/Anchor-CMS-0.12.3a-Information-Discl…
• github.com — https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/releases/tag/0.12.7