Cobalt Qube 3.0 Admin splashAdmin.php path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cobalt Qube 3.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file splashAdmin.php of the component Admin. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-1058. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Cobalt Qube 3.0. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file splashAdmin.php of the component Admin. The manipulation with an unknown input 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in splashAdmin.php for Cobalt Qube 3.0 allows local users and remote attackers, to gain privileges as the Qube Admin via .. (dot dot) sequences in the sessionId cookie that point to an alternate session file.

The weakness was released 10/04/2002 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1058. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/05/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9669), Exploit-DB (21640) and SecurityFocus (BID 5297†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Cobalt

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• Qube

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• 3.0

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