CuteNews editnews module directory traversal
| cutenews-editnews-dir-traversal (54246) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
CuteNews could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. If magic_quotes is disabled, an attacker with edit or admin privileges could send a specially-crafted URL request to the index.php script in the editnews module containing "dot dot" sequences (../) in the source parameter to view the first column of any pipe-delimited file or to view sensitive user information.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of UTF-8 CuteNews (8b or later), available from the UTF-8 CuteNews Web site. See References.
References:
- MORNINGSTAR-2009-02: Multiple security issues in Cute News and UTF-8 Cute News.
- UTF-8 CuteNews Web site: UTF-8 CuteNews.
- BID-36971: CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2009-4116: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote authenticated users with editor or administrative application access to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the source parameter in a (1) list or (2) editnews action to the Editnews module, and (3) the save_con[skin] parameter in the Options module. NOTE: vector 3 can be leveraged for code execution by using a .. to include and execute arbitrary local files.
Platforms Affected:
- CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6
Reported:
Nov 11, 2009
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