PT-2003-1248 · Coolforum · Coolforum

Published 2003-03-18 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-1515

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CoolForum version 0.5 beta

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the avatar.php file. This is achieved by using .. (dot dot) sequences in the img parameter.

Recommendations For CoolForum version 0.5 beta, consider restricting access to the avatar.php file or validating the img parameter to prevent directory traversal attacks until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the img parameter in the affected avatar.php file.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1515

Affected Products

Coolforum

References · 6

• 🔥 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/295358 · Exploit
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/5973 · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/10237.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1515 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0001.html · Note
• http://coolforum.net/index.php?p=dlcoolforum · Note