PT-2013-5265 · Dewes · Dewes Web Server

Published 2013-09-09 · Updated 2013-09-13 · CVE-2013-4900

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions DeWeS web server version 0.4.2 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%5c (dot dot encoded backslash) in a GET request. This is a directory traversal vulnerability.

Recommendations For DeWeS web server version 0.4.2 and earlier, consider restricting access to sensitive files and directories until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, disabling the handling of encoded backslashes in GET requests may help mitigate the issue. 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-2013-4900

Affected Products

Dewes Web Server

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38737 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/27777 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-08/0126.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/27777 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23167 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4900 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54404 · Vendor Advisory