PT-2008-3188 · Kisgb · Keep It Simple Guest Book

Published 2008-04-02 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-1635

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 Keep It Simple Guest Book (KISGB) versions 5.0.0 and earlier Keep It Simple Guest Book (KISGB) version 5.1.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the tmp theme parameter. This is a directory traversal vulnerability in the view private.php file.

Recommendations For Keep It Simple Guest Book (KISGB) versions 5.0.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 5.1.1 to resolve the issue. For Keep It Simple Guest Book (KISGB) version 5.1.1, update to a version later than 5.1.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the view private.php file and the tmp theme parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1635

Affected Products

Keep It Simple Guest Book

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5324 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2979 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1635 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41525 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28513 · Note