PT-2015-4170 · Codoforum · Codoforum

Kacper Szurek · Published 2015-03-23 · Updated 2020-02-18 · CVE-2014-9261

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 Codoforum version 2.5.1

Description The issue concerns the sanitize function, which does not properly filter directory traversal sequences. This allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by including a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter to "index.php".

Recommendations For Codoforum version 2.5.1, consider restricting access to the sanitize function until a patch is available, or apply any available configuration changes that can mitigate directory traversal attacks. 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-2014-9261

Affected Products

Codoforum

References · 7

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130739/Codoforum-2.5.1-Arbitrary-File-Download.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://security.szurek.pl/codoforum-251-arbitrary-file-download.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/36320 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/36320 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9261 · Security Note
• https://codoforum.com/documentation/roadmap · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/119412 · Note