# CVE-2007-1597: Unclassified NewsBoard 1.6.3 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-03-22 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Unclassified NewsBoard 1.6.3 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain (1) the board log via a direct request for logs/board-YYYY-MM-DD.log, (2) the mail and private message (PM) log via a direct request for logs/email-YY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS.log, (3) the SQL error message log via a direct request for logs/error-YY-MM.log, and (4) the IP log via a direct request for logs/ip.log.

## 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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## References

- http://osvdb.org/35201
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33150
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463186/100/0/threaded

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