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CVE-2008-2650 (GCVE-0-2008-2650)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-10 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:05
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in cmsimple/cms.php in CMSimple 3.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the sl parameter to index.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote file execution by including adm.php and then invoking the upload action. NOTE: on 20080601, the vendor patched 3.1 without changing the version number.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30463 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/45881 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29450 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5700 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.cmsimple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2008-05-31 00:00
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