A vulnerability was found in Easy-script MyForum 1.3 (Forum Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument padmin 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. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/centre.php in MyForum 1.3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the padmin parameter.

The weakness was released 10/29/2008 by Vrs-hCk (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4780 since 10/29/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (46155), Exploit-DB (6846) and SecurityFocus (BID 31934†).

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• Forum Software

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• Easy-script

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• MyForum

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• 1.3

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