VDB-35612 · CVE-2007-1449 · BID 22909

Phpnuke PHP-Nuke up to 8.0.0 mainfile.php lang path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Phpnuke PHP-Nuke up to 8.0.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file mainfile.php. Such manipulation of the argument lang leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1449. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phpnuke PHP-Nuke up to 8.0.0 (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file mainfile.php. The manipulation of the argument lang 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:

Directory traversal vulnerability in mainfile.php in PHP-Nuke 8.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the lang parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-1449 since 03/14/2007. 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.

By approaching the search of inurl:mainfile.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 SecurityFocus (BID 22909†) and Secunia (SA24484†). The entry VDB-35613 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Vendor

Phpnuke

Name

PHP-Nuke

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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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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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/10/2007 🔍
03/11/2007 +1 days 🔍
03/14/2007 +2 days 🔍
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03/13/2015 +2921 days 🔍
08/27/2018 +1263 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-1449 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1449
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35612
SecurityFocus: 22909 - PHP-Nuke Lang Parameter Local File Include and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24484 - PHP-Nuke "lang" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability, Moderately Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 08/27/2018 07:33
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (56), 08/27/2018 07:33 (1)
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