Cutephp CuteNews 2.6 file.php File path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cutephp CuteNews 2.6. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file file.php. The manipulation of the argument File leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-6662. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cutephp CuteNews 2.6 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file file.php. The manipulation of the argument file 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 file.php in CuteNews 2.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading the admin username and password hash in data/users.db.php.

The weakness was presented 12/29/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-6662 since 01/03/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:file.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 (39328) and OSVDB (39885†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Vendor

Cutephp

Name

CuteNews

Version

License

free

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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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: Highly functional
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/29/2007 🔍
01/03/2008 +5 days 🔍
01/04/2008 +1 days 🔍
01/06/2008 +2 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2625 days 🔍
09/14/2018 +1278 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-6662 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6662
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40373
X-Force: 39328 - CuteNews file.php directory traversal
OSVDB: 39885 - CuteNews file.php file Variable Traversal Arbitrary File Disclosure

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 09/14/2018 08:09
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (53), 09/14/2018 08:09 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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