CVE-2007-0532
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedTuan Do Uploader (aka php-uploader) 6 beta 1 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the administrator password hash via a direct request for userdata/user_1.txt.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceTuan Do Uploader 6 beta 1 stores sensitive user data including administrator password hashes in a plain text file (user_1.txt) within a web-accessible directory (userdata/). The lack of access controls on this directory allows any remote attacker to directly request and retrieve the file via HTTP, exposing credentials.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 6_beta_1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Tuan Do Uploader installationCheck your web server for the presence of Tuan Do Uploader files, typically in a directory like /uploader/ or similar. Look for index.php, upload.php, or other PHP files with 'uploader' in the name.Affected if Tuan Do Uploader version 6_beta_1 is installed on the server
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Locate the userdata directoryCheck if the userdata/ directory exists within the web application's root folder. This directory is created by the uploader for storing user-related files.Affected if The userdata/ directory exists in a web-accessible location
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Check for user_1.txt fileAttempt to access http://[your-server]/userdata/user_1.txt via HTTP request, or check if this file exists in the file system under the web root.Affected if The file user_1.txt exists in the userdata/ directory and is accessible via HTTP
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Inspect file contents for credentialsIf the file is found, examine its contents. The vulnerable version stores administrator username and password hash in plain text format within this file.Affected if The user_1.txt file contains plain text administrator credentials or password hashes
If Tuan Do Uploader 6_beta_1 is installed and the userdata/user_1.txt file is accessible via HTTP with plain text credentials, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2007-0532.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataMove the userdata directory outside the web root or implement proper access controls to prevent direct HTTP access. Consider migrating sensitive data storage to a database with proper authentication instead of flat files.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2007-0532 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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