PT-2007-2470 · X News · Xpression News

Published 2007-02-21 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-1042

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Xpression News (X-News) version 1.0.1

Description: A directory traversal issue exists in the news.php file of Xpression News (X-News) when the magic quotes gpc setting is disabled. This allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information by using a .. (dot dot) in the xnews-template parameter.

Recommendations: For Xpression News (X-News) version 1.0.1, consider disabling the news.php file or restricting access to it until a fix is available. Additionally, enabling the magic quotes gpc setting may help mitigate this issue. Avoid using the xnews-template parameter with untrusted input until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1042

Affected Products

Xpression News

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1042 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24177 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32560 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/33226 · Note