Publicat
2015-11-02 12:56
The CiviCRM footer may have been displayed to users without "access CiviCRM" permission under certain conditions. The footer shows limited version information and upgrade notifications, which could be used by an attacker to identify vulnerabilities based on whether the installed version is up-to-date.
Security Risk
Less Critical
Vulnerability
Information Disclosure
Affected Versions
4.4, 4.5, 4.6
Fixed Versions
4.4.20, 4.6.10
Solutions
Upgrade to the latest version of CiviCRM, which ensures the footer will never be shown to users without "access CiviCRM" permission.
4.4.20 or 4.6.10
Credits
Reported by John Kingsnorth and Alex Corr
Fixed by Coleman Watts
4.4 backport by Eileen McNaughton
References
Fix for 4.6: https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/7101
Fix for 4.4: https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/7102
