Hotscripts CyBoards PHP Lite 1.21 Installation options.php lang_code path traversal

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Hotscripts CyBoards PHP Lite 1.21. Impacted is an unknown function of the file options.php of the component Installation. Such manipulation of the argument lang_code leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-3710. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Hotscripts CyBoards PHP Lite 1.21 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file options.php of the component Installation. The manipulation of the argument lang_code 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CyBoards PHP Lite 1.21 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) script_path parameter to (a) options.php and the (2) lang_code parameter to (b) copy_vip.php and (c) process_edit_board.php in adminopts/. NOTE: some of these vectors might not be vulnerabilities under proper installation.

The weakness was published 08/19/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at attrition.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3710 since 08/19/2008. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:options.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 (44475) and SecurityFocus (BID 30688†). Similar entries are available at VDB-43729 and VDB-43727. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Programming Language Software

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• Hotscripts

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• CyBoards PHP Lite

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• 1.21

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