Exponent CMS 0.96.5 Rc1/0.96.6 Alpha iconspopup.php icodir path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Exponent CMS 0.96.5 Rc1/0.96.6 Alpha and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file iconspopup.php. The manipulation of the argument icodir leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-2252. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Exponent CMS 0.96.5 Rc1/0.96.6 Alpha (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown part of the file iconspopup.php. The manipulation of the argument icodir 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. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in iconspopup.php in Exponent CMS 0.96.6 Alpha and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the icodir parameter.

The weakness was shared 04/20/2007 by Hamid Ebadi (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-2252 since 04/25/2007. 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.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:iconspopup.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 (33936), Exploit-DB (29872), SecurityFocus (BID 23574†), OSVDB (35051†) and Secunia (SA24934†). The entries VDB-36468, VDB-85575, VDB-85576 and VDB-85577 are related to this item. 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: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Hamid Ebadi
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-2252 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2252
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36389
X-Force: 33936 - Exponent CMS iconspopup.php directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 23574 - Exponent CMS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24934
OSVDB: 35051 - Exponent CMS iconspopup.php icodir Variable Traversal Arbitrary Directory Listing

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

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 08/23/2025 20:33
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (62), 08/30/2018 08:32 (2), 08/23/2025 20:33 (17)
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