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A vulnerability was found in ArabCMS 2.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file rss.php. The manipulation of the argument rss leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4667. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in ArabCMS 2.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file rss.php. The manipulation of the argument rss with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in rss.php in ArabCMS 2.0 beta 1 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the rss parameter.

The weakness was shared 10/22/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4667 since 10/21/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:rss.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 X-Force (45514), Exploit-DB (6628) and SecurityFocus (BID 31480†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• 2.0

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