Grupenet WP-Lytebox 1.3 main.php pg path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Grupenet WP-Lytebox 1.3 (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file main.php. The manipulation of the argument pg 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 main.php in the WP-Lytebox plugin 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the pg parameter.

The bug was discovered 05/26/2009. The weakness was published 03/05/2010 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4672 since 03/05/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:main.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38925 (WP-Lytebox 'pg' 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 and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50733), Tenable (38925) and Exploit-DB (8791).

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Class: Path traversal
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Nessus ID: 38925
Nessus Name: WP-Lytebox 'pg' Parameter Local File Inclusion
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Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-4672 (🔍)
X-Force: 50733
Vulnerability Center: 22290 - WP-Lytebox Plugin for WordPress 1.3 Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 35098 - WP-Lytebox 'main.php' Local File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 35244 - Wordpress WP-Lytebox Plugin "pg" Local File Inclusion, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 54743 - CVE-2009-4672 - WP-Lytebox - Directory Traversal Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 09/05/2019 09:45
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (70), 09/05/2019 09:45 (9)
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