CVE-2014-5258 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in showTempFile.php in webEdition CMS before 6.3.9.0 Beta allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

Published: 2014-11-06

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 19.8% Moderate

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webedition:webedition_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19764.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128301/webEdition-6.3.8.0-Path-Traversal.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533465/100/0/threaded
http://www.webedition.org/de/aktuelles/webedition-cms/webEdition-6.3.9-Beta-erschienen
http://www.webedition.org/de/webedition-cms/versionshistorie/webedition-6/version-6.3.9.0
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23227

History

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Subscriptions

Webedition Webedition Cms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-11-06T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:41:47.830Z

Reserved: 2014-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-5258

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-06T18:55:06.187

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:11:17.340

Link: CVE-2014-5258

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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