PT-2007-6787 · Ben Ng · Ben Ng Scribe

Kingoftheworld · Published 2007-11-05 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-5823

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ben Ng Scribe versions 0.2 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter in a "Register" action. This is due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the forum.php file.

Recommendations For Ben Ng Scribe versions 0.2 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Register action in the forum.php file until a patch is available. Avoid using the username parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5823

Affected Products

Ben Ng Scribe

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/4596 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://inj3ct-it.org/exploit/scribe.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5823 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3339 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/39063 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/483183/100/0/threaded · Note