Ismail Fahmi Ganesha Digital Library 4.2 newtheme path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ismail Fahmi Ganesha Digital Library 4.2. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument newtheme leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-100029. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ismail Fahmi Ganesha Digital Library 4.2 (Software Library). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument newtheme 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in class/session.php in Ganesha Digital Library (GDL) 4.2 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) newlang or (2) newtheme parameter.

The weakness was shared 01/13/2015 by Tunisian Cyber (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-100029 since 01/13/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 databases at X-Force (91555), Exploit-DB (31961) and SecurityFocus (BID 66287†). The entries VDB-73615, VDB-73614, VDB-73613 and VDB-73612 are related to this item. 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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03/18/2014 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 125464
Researcher: Tunisian Cyber
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-100029 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-100029
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73619
X-Force: 91555
SecurityFocus: 66287 - Savsoft Quiz Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

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

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 02/02/2025 19:11
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (48), 04/10/2018 11:16 (6), 04/11/2022 08:58 (3), 02/02/2025 19:11 (25)
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