PT-2009-3003 · Php · Simple Php Newsletter

Ahmadbady · Published 2009-01-29 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2009-0340

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 Simple PHP Newsletter version 1.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files due to multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities. This is achieved by including a .. (dot dot) in the olang parameter to API endpoints such as "mail.php" and "mailbar.php".

Recommendations For Simple PHP Newsletter version 1.5, consider restricting access to the mail.php and mailbar.php scripts until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the olang parameter in these API endpoints to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0340

Affected Products

Simple Php Newsletter

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/7813 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/33327 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0340 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48089 · Note