CVE-2007-6161
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 · uneditedindex.php in Tilde CMS 4.x and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a certain search parameter value in a search action, which reveals the path.
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 · moderate confidenceThis is a path disclosure vulnerability in Tilde CMS 4.x and earlier. The index.php script reveals the server's filesystem path when a specific value is provided to a search parameter in a search action, allowing remote attackers to gather sensitive deployment path information.
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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<= 4.0CVSS 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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Locate Tilde CMS installationSearch for index.php in the web root and check for Tilde CMS files (look for common Tilde CMS file structures, templates, or admin directories)Affected if index.php exists and appears to be a Tilde CMS installation
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Identify installed versionCheck version information in index.php header comments, or look for a version file within the Tilde CMS installation directory. Compare against the affected range: <= 4.0Affected if Version is 4.0 or earlier, or no version can be determined (treat as potentially vulnerable)
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Verify search functionality existsCheck if the search action is accessible by examining index.php for search-related code, form parameters, or action handlers. Look for search-related templates or modulesAffected if Search functionality is present in the installation
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Test for path disclosureSubmit a crafted request to index.php with a search parameter value designed to trigger path disclosure. Example: access the search action with an empty or specially crafted search query value and observe if the filesystem path appears in the response or error outputAffected if The server response, error message, or output reveals the absolute filesystem path (e.g., /var/www/html or C:\inetpub)
If Tilde CMS version 4.0 or earlier is installed and the search functionality is accessible, the environment is affected by this path disclosure vulnerability.
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 dataUpgrade Tilde CMS to a version newer than 4.x that addresses this vulnerability, or implement input validation to sanitize the search parameter and prevent path information from being reflected in error messages or output.
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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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