Path traversal in Pragyan CMS - CVE-2012-6500
Published: January 12, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43207
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-2012-6500
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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 download.lib.php in Pragyan CMS 3.0 and earlier. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a . (dot dot) in the fileget parameter in a profile action to index.php.
Affected software
Pragyan CMS
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6500
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.