National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-6423
Original release date:03/06/2009
Last revised:04/02/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Directory traversal vulnerability in passwiki.php in PassWiki 0.9.16 RC3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the site_id parameter.
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
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External Source: XF
Name: passwiki-passwiki-file-include(42768)
External Source: BID
Name: 29455
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 5704
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30496
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 45853