VDB-83035 · BID 15295 · SA17435

CuteNews show_news.php template File path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in CuteNews. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file show_news.php. This manipulation of the argument template causes path traversal (File). Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in CuteNews (Content Management System) (affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file show_news.php. The manipulation of the argument template with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability (File). 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, and integrity.

The weakness was published 11/03/2005 by retrogod (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at rgod.altervista.org. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details and also a exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:show_news.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 SecurityFocus (BID 15295†), OSVDB (20473†) and Secunia (SA17435†). Similar entries are available at VDB-26855 and VDB-83036. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: File
Class: Path traversal / File
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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04/29/2016 +3828 days 🔍
11/04/2018 +919 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: rgod.altervista.org
Researcher: retrogod
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-83035
SecurityFocus: 15295 - CutePHP CuteNews Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 17435 - CuteNews "template" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 20473 - CuteNews show_news.php template Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

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

Created: 04/29/2016 17:25
Updated: 11/04/2018 08:38
Changes: 04/29/2016 17:25 (46), 11/04/2018 08:38 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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