SB2012031904 - Path traversal in Bitweaver
Published: March 19, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012031904
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5086)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in wiki/rankings.php in Bitweaver 2.7 and 2.8.1. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a . (dot dot) in the style parameter.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.