PT-2017-12590 · Slims · Slims

Trichimtrichop · Published 2017-08-06 · Updated 2017-08-14 · CVE-2017-12586

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SLiMS versions 8 Akasia through 8.3.1

Description The issue is related to an arbitrary file reading problem due to directory traversal in the url parameter to "admin/help.php". This can be exploited by remote authenticated librarian users.

Recommendations For versions 8 Akasia through 8.3.1, consider restricting access to the "admin/help.php" endpoint until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the url parameter in the affected endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12586

Affected Products

Slims

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/slims/slims8_akasia/issues/48 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12586 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12586 · Vendor Advisory