Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 admin/download.php File path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin/download.php. The manipulation of the argument File with the input ../ as part of GET Parameter leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-10387. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 (Knowledge Base Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file admin/download.php. The manipulation of the argument file with the input value ../ 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. The summary by CVE is:

Path Traversal in admin/download.php in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows remote attackers to download files from the server using a dot-dot-slash sequence (../) via the GET parameter file.

The weakness was disclosed 03/12/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-10387 since 03/12/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/download.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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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

03/12/2020 🔍
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03/13/2020 +1 days 🔍
01/27/2025 +1781 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 156754
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-10387 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-10387
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-151397
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2020 16:20
Updated: 01/27/2025 21:36
Changes: 03/13/2020 16:20 (39), 03/13/2020 16:25 (18), 04/13/2024 13:41 (19), 01/27/2025 21:36 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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