PT-2001-2610 · Easynews · Easynews

Published 2001-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2001-1525

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions easyNews versions 1.5 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to modify files, including news.dat and template.dat, by exploiting a directory traversal vulnerability in the comments action. This is achieved by using a ".." in the cid parameter.

Recommendations For easyNews versions 1.5 and earlier, consider restricting access to the comments action until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the cid parameter in the affected comments action to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1525

Affected Products

Easynews

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3643 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21168 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0000.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1525 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7657.php · Note