AdaptWeb 0.9.2 index.php newlang path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in AdaptWeb 0.9.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file index.php. Such manipulation of the argument newlang leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-2151. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in AdaptWeb 0.9.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument newlang 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. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in AdaptWeb 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the newlang parameter.

The weakness was presented 06/22/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2151 since 06/22/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by SirGod and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. 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 vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (8954). See VDB-48699 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• AdaptWeb

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• 0.9.2

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