Vulnerability CVE-2009-4116


Published: 2009-11-30   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Cute News and UTF-8 Cute News - Multiple Security Issues
Andrew Horton
03.12.2009

Type:

CWE-22

(Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.5/10
2.9/10
6.8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Cutephp -> Cutenews 

 References:
http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54244
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54246

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