Path Traversal in Quicksilver Forums
CVE-2008-7064
Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_lang function in global.php in Quicksilver Forums 1.4.2 and earlier, as used in QSF Portal before 1.4.5, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a "\" (backslash) in the lang parameter to index.php, which bypasses a protection mechanism that only checks for "/" (forward slash), as demonstrated by uploading and including PHP code in an avatar file.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Quicksilver Forums — versions 1.4.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7217 (exploit)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46828 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/32823 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46823 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/38670 (third-party-advisory)
- www.qsfportal.com/index.php (URL Repurposed)
- osvdb.org/50143 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32452 (Exploit, vdb-entry)