Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Dotclear - CVE-2011-5083
Published: March 19, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44201
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5083
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Dotclear
Affected software:
Dotclear
Dotclear
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in inc/swf/swfupload.swf in Dotclear 2.3.1 and 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-5083
Install update from vendor's website.