CVE-2012-0998 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in account/preferences.php in LEPTON before 1.1.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter.

Published: 2012-02-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:lepton::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:lepton:1.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:lepton:1.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:lepton:1.1.2:::::::*

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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-2012-1021	Directory traversal vulnerability in account/preferences.php in LEPTON before 1.1.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0188.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.lepton-cms.org/media/changelog/changelog_1.1.4.txt
http://www.lepton-cms.org/posts/security-release-lepton-1.1.4-52.php
https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/HTB23072

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Lepton-cms Lepton

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-02-20T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:40:39.011Z

Reserved: 2012-02-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0998

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-02-24T13:55:03.217

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:38:38.343

Link: CVE-2012-0998

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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