Nuggetz CMS 1.0 admin/ajaxsave.php pagevalue path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Nuggetz CMS 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin/ajaxsave.php. This manipulation of the argument pagevalue causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-4315. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Nuggetz CMS 1.0 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file admin/ajaxsave.php. The manipulation of the argument pagevalue with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/ajaxsave.php in Nuggetz CMS 1.0, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to create or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the nugget parameter and a modified pagevalue parameter, as demonstrated by creating and accessing a .php file to execute arbitrary PHP code.

The bug was discovered 12/09/2009. The weakness was shared 12/10/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at osvdb.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-4315 since 12/14/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/ajaxsave.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54699), Exploit-DB (10378), OSVDB (60902†) and Secunia (SA37664†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: osvdb.org⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-4315 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4315
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51139
X-Force: 54699
Secunia: 37664 - Nuggetz CMS "pagevalue" PHP Code Injection, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 60902 - Nuggetz CMS admin/ajaxsave.php Multiple Parameter Traversal Arbitrary PHP Code Injection

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 07/14/2025 06:58
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (51), 08/15/2017 09:28 (11), 07/14/2025 06:58 (23)
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Cache ID: 216:D48:103

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