Getsurreal Surreal ToDo 0.6.1.2 index.php content path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Getsurreal Surreal ToDo 0.6.1.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file index.php. Such manipulation of the argument content leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-25184. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Getsurreal Surreal ToDo 0.6.1.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument content 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:

Surreal ToDo 0.6.1.2 contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by manipulating the content parameter. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences through the content parameter in index.php to access sensitive system files like configuration and initialization files.

The weakness was published by Ihsan Sencan as 45826. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-25184 since 03/06/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.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 Exploit-DB (45826). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Getsurreal

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• Surreal ToDo

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• 0.6.1.2

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