CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Pligg CMS 9.5/9.9 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file trackback.php. The manipulation of the argument tb_url
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. The summary by CVE is:
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Pligg 9.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the $tb_url variable in trackback.php, or (2) include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the template parameter to settemplate.php.
The weakness was disclosed 07/31/2008 with Gulftech (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-7090. 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.
A public exploit has been developed in Perl and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:trackback.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33848 (Pligg settemplate.php template Parameter Local File Inclusion), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.
A possible mitigation has been published 2 hours after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44191) and Tenable (33848). The entries 49668 and 49666 are pretty similar.
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Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
ATT&CK: T1006
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 33848
Nessus Name: Pligg settemplate.php template Parameter Local File Inclusion
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: xforce.iss.netOrganization: Gulftech
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-7090 (🔍)
X-Force: 44191
Vulnerability Center: 27475 - Pligg 9.9 Remote Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerability via a \, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30458 - Pligg Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 50187 - Pligg trackback.php tb_url Parameter File Enumeration
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 08/20/2021 14:38
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (62), 03/07/2017 09:31 (12), 08/20/2021 14:35 (4), 08/20/2021 14:38 (1)
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