Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b modules.php startdir path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b. This affects an unknown part of the file modules.php. Such manipulation of the argument startdir leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2004-1986. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b (Photo Gallery Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file modules.php. The manipulation of the argument startdir 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. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in modules.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b and 1.2.0 RC4 allows remote attackers with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the startdir parameter.

The weakness was released 04/29/2004 by Janek Vind with waraxe (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1986 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:modules.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 (16042), Exploit-DB (24073), SecurityFocus (BID 10253†), OSVDB (5758†) and Secunia (SA11524†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-21805, VDB-21806, VDB-21807 and VDB-21808. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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04/04/2004 🔍
04/29/2004 +25 days 🔍
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04/30/2004 +1 days 🔍
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10/15/2014 +3451 days 🔍
02/16/2025 +3777 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: coppermine-gallery.net

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Janek Vind
Organization: waraxe
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1986 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1986
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21716
X-Force: 16042 - Coppermine Photo Gallery modules.php traverse directories
SecurityFocus: 10253 - Coppermine Photo Gallery Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11524 - phpNuke/postNuke Coppermine Photo Gallery Module Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 5758 - Coppermine Photo Gallery modules.php startdir Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
SecurityTracker: 1010001 - Coppermine Photo Gallery Include File Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code on the Target System

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2014 17:16
Updated: 02/16/2025 18:30
Changes: 10/15/2014 17:16 (60), 07/05/2017 16:33 (11), 02/16/2025 18:30 (23)
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Cache ID: 216:5AD:103

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