Path Traversal in Cutephp Cutenews

CVE-2009-4116

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote authenticated users with editor or administrative application access to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the source parameter in a (1) list or (2) editnews action to the Editnews module, and (3) the save_con[skin] parameter in the Options module. NOTE: vector 3 can be leveraged for code execution by using a .. to include and execute arbitrary local files.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.020 (80.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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