CuteNews inc/function.php directory traversal
| cutenews-incfunction-directory-traversal (25324) |  Low Risk |
Description:
CuteNews could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories and view sensitive information. If magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP POST request or a cookie file to the inc/function.php script including "dot dot" sequences in the archive parameter to view arbitrary files and obtain the installation path for CuteNews. An attacker could use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of CuteNews (1.4.5 or later), available from the CuteNews Web site. See References.
References:
- CuteNews Web site: CutePHP.com.
- Hamid Network Security Team Advisory: cutenews 1.4.1 Arbitrary File Access.
- BID-17152: CutePHP CuteNews Function.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1339: Directory traversal vulnerability in inc/functions.inc.php in CuteNews 1.4.1 and possibly other versions, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence and trailing NULL (%00) byte in the archive parameter in an HTTP POST or COOKIE request, which bypasses a sanity check that is only applied to a GET request.
- CVE-2006-1340: CuteNews 1.4.1 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via unspecified vectors involving an invalid file path.
- SA19289: CuteNews "archive" Disclosure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.1 and prior
Reported:
Mar 20, 2006
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