Path traversal in SearchBlox - CVE-2013-3598
Published: August 28, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42626
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3598
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SearchBlox
Affected software:
SearchBlox
SearchBlox
Detailed vulnerability description
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 servlet/CreateTemplateServlet in SearchBlox before 7.5 build 1. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a . (dot dot) in the name parameter.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-3598
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.