Florian Mahieu Dalai Forum 1.1 forumreply.php chemin path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Florian Mahieu Dalai Forum 1.1 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file forumreply.php. The manipulation of the argument chemin leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4457. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Florian Mahieu Dalai Forum 1.1 (Forum Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the file forumreply.php. The manipulation of the argument chemin 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. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in forumreply.php in Dalai Forum 1.1 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the chemin parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 08/19/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4457 since 08/21/2007. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After 1 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:forumreply.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 (36140), Exploit-DB (30509), SecurityFocus (BID 25361†) and OSVDB (37831†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

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03/16/2015 +2707 days 🔍
07/27/2025 +3786 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-4457 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4457
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38447
X-Force: 36140 - Dalai Forum forumreply.php file include
SecurityFocus: 25361 - Dalai Forum Forumreply.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability
OSVDB: 37831 - Dalai Forum forumreply.php chemin Parameter Traversal Local File Inclusion

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/27/2025 15:53
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (57), 11/02/2017 10:46 (4), 07/27/2025 15:53 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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