CVE-2007-6662

Published Jan 4, 2008

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: Directory traversal vulnerability in file.php in CuteNews 2.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading the admin username and password hash in data/users.db.php.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.8
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "8AEE5E47-8898-4A7A-A10B-A8F47052FFAA"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References