# CVE-2005-4172: eFiction 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to storyblock.php without arguments,

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-12-11 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

eFiction 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to storyblock.php without arguments, which leaks the full pathname in the resulting PHP error message.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.efiction.wallflowergirl.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1555
- http://www.osvdb.org/21125
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15568
- http://rgod.altervista.org/efiction2_xpl.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17777
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015273
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-11/0301.html

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