Path traversal in GeSHi - CVE-2012-3521
Published: June 13, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41551
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3521
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the cssgen contrib module in GeSHi before 1.0.8.11 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) geshi-path or (2) geshi-lang-path parameter.
Affected software
GeSHi
Fedora
php-geshi
Fedora
php-geshi
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3521
Install update from vendor's website.
php-geshi - addressed in versions 1.0.8.11-3.el5, 1.0.8.11-3.el6
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105247.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105273.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105317.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/geshi/code/2507/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/11
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=685324