DSpace up to 3.5/4.4/5.4 themes/ path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in DSpace up to 3.5/4.4/5.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file themes/. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-10726. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in DSpace up to 3.5/4.4/5.4. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file themes/. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows directory traversal via the themes/ path in an attack with two or more arbitrary characters and a colon before a pathname, as demonstrated by a themes/Reference/aa:etc/passwd URI.

The bug was discovered 03/21/2017. The weakness was disclosed 07/10/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-10726 since 07/10/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 476 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.6, 4.5 or 5.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• DSpace

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.4
• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4

Website

• Product: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/

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