Kasseler CMS File Disclosure and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities


Description   Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Kasseler CMS, which could be exploited by attackers to disclose sensitive informatino.
The first issue is caused by an input validation error in the "engine.php" script that does not validate the "file" parameter, which could be exploited to download arbitrary files from an affected server.
The second vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the "engine.php" script when processing the "url" parameter, which could allow cross site scripting attacks.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Kasseler CMS
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2009-2229
CVE-2009-2228
     
References   http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8997
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : suspicious root_path parameter found in URL
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-06-23 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote