Path traversal in Metinfo - CVE-2017-11500

 

Path traversal in Metinfo - CVE-2017-11500

Published: July 21, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38672
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11500
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Metinfo
Affected software:
Metinfo

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in MetInfo 5.3.17. A remote attacker can use .. to delete any .zip file via the filenames parameter to /admin/system/database/filedown.php.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-11500

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources