XennoBB up to 2.1.0 profile.php Category path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in XennoBB up to 2.1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file profile.php. The manipulation of the argument Category leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-4161. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in XennoBB up to 2.1.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the file profile.php. The manipulation of the argument category 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. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the avatar_gallery action in profile.php in XennoBB 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the category parameter.

The weakness was released 08/16/2006 by Chris Boulton (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4161 since 08/16/2006. 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 highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:profile.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28337), SecurityFocus (BID 19446†) and Secunia (SA21483†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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: Highly functional
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Timelineinfo

08/09/2006 🔍
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08/16/2006 +5 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3130 days 🔍
08/02/2018 +1239 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Chris Boulton
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4161 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4161
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31811
X-Force: 28337 - XennoBB profile.php directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 19446 - XennoBB Profile.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 21483 - XennoBB "category" Parameter Directory Traversal Weakness, Not Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 08/02/2018 09:08
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (60), 08/02/2018 09:08 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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