PT-2014-2879 · Socialengine · Socialengine Timeline Plugin

Spyk2R + 1 · Published 2014-01-29 · Updated 2014-02-21 · CVE-2013-4898

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 SocialEngine Timeline Plugin version 4.2.5p9

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension to the user profile page feature, and then accessing it via a direct request to the file in public/temporary/timeline/.

Recommendations For SocialEngine Timeline Plugin version 4.2.5p9, consider restricting file uploads to only allowed extensions as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the public/temporary/timeline/ directory to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4898

Affected Products

Socialengine Timeline Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/27272 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/27272 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4898 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/527791 · Note