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CVE-2008-3195

Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide

Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.57505
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
twiki<= 4.2.2
twikiall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
webappsTWiki 4.2.2 - 'action' Remote Code Executionverified
webappsTWiki 4.2.0 - 'configure' Remote File Disclosureverified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 6269www.exploit-db.com
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD18 Sep 2008 · 03:04 PM
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References & Sources

10
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/31849
http://secunia.com/advisories/31964
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4265
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-3195Patch
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03#4_2_3_Bugfix_HighlightsPatch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362012US Government Resource
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