Directory traversal vulnerability in components... · CVE-2014-9581 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Directory traversal vulnerability in components...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in components/filemanager/download.php in Codiad 2.4.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly mapped to CVE-2014-1137; see CVE-2014-1137 for more information.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Jan 8, 2015

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022

Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Learn more on MITRE.