Jupiter CMS 1.1.4 index.php path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Jupiter CMS 1.1.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-2105. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Jupiter CMS 1.1.4 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file index.php. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Jupiter CMS 1.1.4 and 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." sequences terminated by a %00 (null) character in the n parameter.

The weakness was published 04/29/2006 by Hamid Ebadi (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2105 since 04/29/2006. 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 17716†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• Jupiter CMS

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• 1.1.4

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