Low
Security advisory
BigTree 4.3 allows full path disclosure via authenticated admin/news/ input that triggers a syntax error. NOTE: This has been disputed with the following reasoning: "The issue reported requires full developer level access to the content management system where cross site scripting is not an issue -- you already have full control of the CMS including running arbitrary PHP.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-20405
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
BigTree 4.3 allows full path disclosure via authenticated admin/news/ input that triggers a syntax error. NOTE: This has been disputed with the following reasoning: "The issue reported requires full developer level access to the content management system where cross site scripting is not an issue -- you already have full control of the CMS including running arbitrary PHP.
osv:CVE-2018-20405
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:20.618261317Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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"published_at": "2018-12-23T23:29:00.227+00:00"
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