PT-2009-6542 · Php · Simple Php Blog

Published 2009-12-24 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2009-4421

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple PHP Blog versions 0.5.1 and earlier

Description A directory traversal issue exists, allowing remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) in the blog language1 parameter.

Recommendations For Simple PHP Blog versions 0.5.1 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the languages cgi.php file until a patch is available. Avoid using the blog language1 parameter in the affected endpoint 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-2009-4421

Affected Products

Simple Php Blog

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/37434 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-12/0398.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/10604 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4421 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/508546/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54970 · Note