National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1850
Original release date:04/03/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Directory traversal vulnerability in classes/captcha/captcha.jpg.php in Drake CMS allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or list arbitrary directories, and obtain the installation path, via a .. (dot dot) in the d_private parameter. NOTE: Drake CMS has only a beta version available, and the vendor has previously stated "We do not consider security reports valid until the first official release of Drake CMS."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
- Official Statement from Drake CMS (04/17/2007)
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An apposite mailing list
(drakecms-security@lists.sourceforge.net) has been created to discuss all publicly disclosed security reports (mostly from National Vulnerability Database and Security Focus); for the valid security reports temporary solutions will be offered even before the official patch release. Specific patches will be released for all critical vulnerabilities (available through the automatic update feature).
This vulnerability has been fixed in the upcoming Drake CMS v0.3.9 Beta, previous versions’ users can update their software directly from the administrative backend.
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External Source: XF
Name: drakecms-dprivate-directory-traversal(33333)
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070330 DrakeCMS multiple vulerabilities
External Source: SREASON
Name: 2522