HomePH Design 2.10 Language path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in HomePH Design 2.10. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument Language leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-2982. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HomePH Design 2.10. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument language 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:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in HomePH Design 2.10 RC2, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) thumb_template parameter to (a) admin/templates/template_thumbnail.php, and the (2) language parameter to (b) account/account.php, (c) downloads/downloads.php, (d) forum/forum.php, (e) fotogalerie/delete.php, and (f) fotogalerie/fotogalerie.php in admin/features/.

The weakness was released 07/02/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-2982 since 07/02/2008. 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.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (43258) and Exploit-DB (5903). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-43030 and VDB-43029. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• HomePH Design

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• 2.10

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