A vulnerability was found in Podcast Generator up to 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Themes. The manipulation of the argument filename with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Podcast Generator 1.0 BETA 2 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) theme_path parameter to core/themes.php and the (2) filename parameter to download.php.

The weakness was presented 03/03/2008 by GoLd_M (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1125 since 03/03/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

A public exploit has been developed by GoLd_M and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (5200) and SecurityFocus (BID 28038†). See VDB-41307 for similar entry.

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