fuzzylime cms 3.0.1/3.0.1a heads path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in fuzzylime cms 3.0.1/3.0.1a. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation of the argument heads results in path traversal. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-6834. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in fuzzylime cms 3.0.1/3.0.1a (Content Management System). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument heads with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in fuzzylime (cms) 3.01 and 3.01a allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the s parameter to code/commupdate.php in a count action or (2) the heads parameter to code/newsheads.php. NOTE: the blog.php vector is already covered by CVE-2008-3164.

The weakness was released 06/22/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-6834 since 06/22/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Cod3rZ and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download 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 350 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (6016). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-43196. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• fuzzylime

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• cms

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• 3.0.1
• 3.0.1a

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