A vulnerability was found in Easyscripts Easynews 1.5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file news.dat/template.dat of the component Comment. The manipulation of the argument cid with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the comments action in easyNews 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify news.dat, template.dat and possibly other files via a ".." in the cid parameter.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-1525 since 07/14/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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