PT-2008-2170 · Gerd Tentler · Gerd Tentler Simple Forum

Tomplixsee · Published 2008-02-01 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-0542

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 Gerd Tentler Simple Forum version 3.2

Description A directory traversal issue exists, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter of the thumbnail.php file.

Recommendations For version 3.2, consider restricting access to the thumbnail.php file until a patch is available, or apply a configuration change to prevent directory traversal attacks by properly sanitizing the file parameter.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0542

Affected Products

Gerd Tentler Simple Forum

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/4989 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/27463 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0542 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28681 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39980 · Note