CVE-2007-6662 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2008-01-04

Score: 5.8 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-6627	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01253.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/39885
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3515
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485632/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39328

History

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Subscriptions

Cutephp Cutenews

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-01-04T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:18:19.258Z

Reserved: 2008-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6662

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-01-04T11:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:48:31.897

Link: CVE-2007-6662

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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