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CVE-2008-0742

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.6 allow remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) subpage parameter in (a) categories.inc.php, (b) news.inc.php, (c) other.inc.php, (d) permissions.inc.php, (e) templates.inc.php, and (f) users.inc.php in pnadmin/; and (2) the page parameter to (g) pnadmin/index.php. NOTE: vector 2 is only exploitable by administrators.

Published

2008-02-13T02:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	powerscripts	powernews	2.5.6	Yes

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3647 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487773/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27688 Exploit ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5082 ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3647 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487773/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27688 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5082 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)