Path traversal in Bitweaver - CVE-2010-5086
Published: March 19, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44200
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5086
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: bitweaver.org
Affected software:
Bitweaver
Bitweaver
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-5086
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.