CVE-2008-3195

Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-09-18

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Twiki (Twiki)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31849
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31964
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4265
• http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-3195
• http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03#4_2_3_Bugfix_Highlights
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362012
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-7JEQ7L
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2586
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45182
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45183
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6269