National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5272
Original release date:11/28/2008
Last revised:01/29/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Fred Stuurman SyndeoCMS 2.6.0 allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the template parameter to (1) starnet/editors/fckeditor/studenteditor.php; (2) starnet/modules/sn_news/edit_content.php, reached through starnet/index.php; and (3) starnet/modules/sn_newsletter/edit_content.php, reached through starnet/index.php.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Solution
Solution:
Update to version 2.6.02.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfi...ckage_id=220740&release_id=610817}
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External Source: XF
Name: syndeocms-template-file-include(42969)
External Source: BID
Name: 29644
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 5779
External Source: SREASON
Name: 4660
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30602
Type: Advisory