zzcms 8.2 user/manage.php oldimg/oldflv path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in zzcms 8.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file user/manage.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument oldimg/oldflv can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-8968. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in zzcms 8.2 (Content Management System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file user/manage.php. The manipulation of the argument oldimg/oldflv 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 integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in zzcms 8.2. user/manage.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the oldimg or oldflv parameter in an action=modify request. This can be leveraged for database access by deleting install.lock.

The bug was discovered 03/22/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/24/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-8968 since 03/24/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:user/manage.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.

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• Content Management System

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• zzcms

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• 8.2

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• commercial

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