Nucleus CMS Media Manager Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Nucleus CMS, which could be exploited by attackers to disclose sensitive information. This issue is caused by an unspecified input validation error in the media manager when processing user-supplied requests, which could be exploited to conduct directory traversal attacks and disclose the contents of arbitrary files on a vulnerable system.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Nucleus CMS versions prior to 3.40
     
Solution   Upgrade to Nucleus CMS version 3.40 : http://www.nucleuscms.org/download.php
     
CVE   CVE-2009-0929
     
References   http://www.nucleuscms.org/index.php/item/3051
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-03-09 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote