Coppermine Photo Gallery path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Coppermine Photo Gallery. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-4976. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Coppermine Photo Gallery (Photo Gallery Software) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in viewlog.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.4.12 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the log parameter.

The weakness was shared 09/18/2007 by L4teral (Website). The advisory is available at coppermine-gallery.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-4976 since 09/19/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 26084 (FreeBSD : coppermine -- multiple vulnerabilities (12488805-6773-11dc-8be8-02e0185f8d72)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at coppermine-gallery.net. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36660), Exploit-DB (30595), Tenable (26084), SecurityFocus (BID 25698†) and OSVDB (37101†). The entries VDB-3313 and VDB-38872 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 26084
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : coppermine -- multiple vulnerabilities (12488805-6773-11dc-8be8-02e0185f8d72)
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OpenVAS ID: 58796
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: coppermine
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: coppermine-gallery.net

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: coppermine-gallery.net

Advisory: coppermine-gallery.net
Researcher: L4teral
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4976 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4976
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3314
X-Force: 36660
SecurityFocus: 25698 - Coppermine Photo Gallery Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26843 - Coppermine Photo Gallery Cross-Site Scripting and Local File Inclusion, Less Critical
OSVDB: 37101 - Coppermine Photo Gallery viewlog.php log Parameter Local File Inclusion
SecurityTracker: 1018704 - Coppermine Photo Gallery Input Validation Holes in 'viewlog.php' and 'mode.php' Permit Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 27943 - viewlog.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.4.12 Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3194

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

Created: 10/01/2007 15:24
Updated: 07/16/2025 11:08
Changes: 10/01/2007 15:24 (79), 03/08/2017 21:25 (16), 03/15/2021 18:30 (3), 07/16/2025 11:08 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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