CVE-2006-6071
highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
TWiki 4.0.5 and earlier, when running under Apache 1.3 using ApacheLogin with sessions and "ErrorDocument 401" redirects to a valid wiki topic, does not properly handle failed login attempts, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary content by cancelling out of a failed authentication with a valid username and invalid password.
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/23189enisa_euvd
- http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2006-6071enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21381enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4790enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30667enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23189Vendor Advisorynvd
- http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2006-6071nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21381nvd
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