DamiCMS 6.0.1 admin.php s path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in DamiCMS 6.0.1. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file admin.php. This manipulation of the argument s causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-16237. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in DamiCMS 6.0.1 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file admin.php. The manipulation of the argument s 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 confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in damiCMS V6.0.1. There is Directory Traversal via '|' characters in the s parameter to admin.php, as demonstrated by an admin.php?s=Tpl/Add/id/c:|windows|win.ini URI.

The bug was discovered 08/28/2018. The weakness was published 08/30/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-16237 since 08/30/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

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:admin.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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-123446 and VDB-123447. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Content Management System

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• DamiCMS

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• 6.0.1

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