PT-2015-4284 · Fluxbb · Fluxbb

Published 2015-02-03 · Updated 2017-09-08 · CVE-2014-9574

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FluxBB versions prior to 1.5.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the install lang parameter in the install.php file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.8, update to version 1.5.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the install.php file until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9574

Affected Products

Fluxbb

References · 5

• 🔥 https://htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23246 · Exploit
• https://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8203 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9574 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9574 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100506 · Note