Xpression News 1.0.1 archives.php xnews-template path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Xpression News 1.0.1. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file archives.php. The manipulation of the argument xnews-template leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1040. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Xpression News 1.0.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file archives.php. The manipulation of the argument xnews-template 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. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in archives.php in Xpression News (X-News) 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the xnews-template parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 02/18/2007 by r0ut3r (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-1040 since 02/21/2007. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:archives.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 databases at X-Force (32560), Exploit-DB (3332), SecurityFocus (BID 22609†), OSVDB (33225†) and Secunia (SA24177†). The entry VDB-35119 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: r0ut3r
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-1040 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1040
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35117
X-Force: 32560 - Xpression News archives.php and news.php directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 22609 - Xpression News Xnews-Template Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24177 - Xpression News "xnews-template" Directory Traversal, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 33225 - Xpression News archives.php xnews-template Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
Vupen: ADV-2007-0645

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 08/24/2024 01:29
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (65), 10/10/2017 12:52 (3), 08/24/2024 01:29 (17)
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