PopojiCMS 2.0.1 route.php?mod=library&act=delete ID path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PopojiCMS 2.0.1. Impacted is an unknown function in the library admin_library.php of the file po-admin/route.php?mod=library&act=delete. The manipulation of the argument ID results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-18936. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PopojiCMS 2.0.1 (Content Management System). Affected is some unknown functionality in the library admin_library.php of the file po-admin/route.php?mod=library&act=delete. The manipulation of the argument id 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 integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in PopojiCMS v2.0.1. admin_library.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal in the po-admin/route.php?mod=library&act=delete id parameter.

The bug was discovered 10/30/2018. The weakness was published 11/05/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-18936 since 11/05/2018. 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 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin_library.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-126449 and VDB-126448. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Content Management System

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• PopojiCMS

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• 2.0.1

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

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