CVE-2006-6071

Published: Dec 2, 2006Modified: Apr 23, 2026

9.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.0 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Twiki: Twiki

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Twiki Twiki	Up to 4.0.5

References (10)

http://secunia.com/advisories/23189

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2006-6071

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21381

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4790

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30667

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23189

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2006-6071

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21381

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4790

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30667

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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