WikkaWiki 1.3.1/1.3.2 File path traversal

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in WikkaWiki 1.3.1/1.3.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation of the argument File leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2011-4450. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in WikkaWiki 1.3.1/1.3.2 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument file 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, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in handlers/files.xml/files.xml.php in WikkaWiki 1.3.1 and 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to read or delete arbitrary files via a non-initial .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, as demonstrated by the /../../wikka.config.php pathname in a download action.

The weakness was presented 09/05/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at wush.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-4450 since 11/15/2011. 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.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (18177). See VDB-62020, VDB-62017 and VDB-62016 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Content Management System

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• WikkaWiki

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• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2

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