PT-2009-4948 · Aef Team · Advanced Electron Forum

Published 2009-07-20 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-2546

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) version 1.x

Description A directory traversal issue allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via the avatargalfile parameter when changing an avatar. This is done by analyzing error messages that leak the existence of the file.

Recommendations For Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) version 1.x, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the avatar change functionality until a patch is available. Avoid using the avatargalfile 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.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2546

Affected Products

Advanced Electron Forum

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2546 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35646 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51776 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2546 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/55926 · Note