Insun Podcast Feedcms 1.7.3 19beta index.php lang path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Insun Podcast Feedcms 1.7.3 19beta. This affects an unknown function of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument lang leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-6361. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Insun Podcast Feedcms 1.7.3 19beta. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument lang 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:

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in InSun Feed CMS 1.7.3 19Beta allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the lang parameter.

The weakness was released 03/02/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-6361 since 03/02/2009. 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 exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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 (47276), Exploit-DB (7422) and SecurityFocus (BID 32783†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Insun Podcast

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• Feedcms

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• 1.7.3 19beta

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• end of life (old version)

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