PT-2008-5378 · D Iscussion · D-Iscussion Board

Sirgod · Published 2008-09-15 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-4075

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions D-iscussion Board version 3.01

Description A directory traversal issue exists, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This is achieved by including a .. (dot dot) in the topic parameter of the index.php file, specifically the /index.php endpoint.

Recommendations For version 3.01, consider restricting access to the topic parameter in the index.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the topic parameter with unvalidated input 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-2008-4075

Affected Products

D-Iscussion Board

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/31135 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6430 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4075 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45063 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31808 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4249 · Note