Ermenegildo Fiorito Irmin CMS 0.6 index.php _Root_Path path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ermenegildo Fiorito Irmin CMS 0.6. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file index.php. Such manipulation of the argument _Root_Path leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-7254. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ermenegildo Fiorito Irmin CMS 0.6 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument _Root_Path 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:

Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/template-loader.php in Irmin CMS (formerly Pepsi CMS) 0.5 and 0.6 BETA2, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _Root_Path parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The bug was discovered 03/30/2010. The weakness was presented 03/30/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-7254 since 04/07/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

A public exploit has been developed by eidelweiss and been published immediately after the advisory. 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 Exploit-DB (11938), OSVDB (63348†) and Secunia (SA39214†). See VDB-52641 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-7254 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-7254
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52628
Secunia: 39214 - Irmin CMS "_Root_Path" File Inclusion Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 63348 - Irmin CMS index.php w Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

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

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/06/2025 04:14
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (50), 08/16/2017 04:18 (14), 09/06/2025 04:14 (16)
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