Middlebury College Segue CMS up to 1.5.8 theme path traversal

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Middlebury College Segue CMS up to 1.5.8. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation of the argument theme leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-5498. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Middlebury College Segue CMS up to 1.5.8 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument theme 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. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in themes/program/themesettings.inc.php in Segue CMS 1.5.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the theme parameter.

The weakness was released 10/25/2006 by nuffsaid (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5498 since 10/24/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (29692), SecurityFocus (BID 20640†) and Secunia (SA22491†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-32935. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Content Management System

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• Middlebury College

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• Segue CMS

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8

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