PT-2015-4284

CVE-2014-9574

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Published

2015-02-03

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Updated

2017-09-08

Description by

CVSS 2.0
9.3
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FluxBB versions prior to 1.5.8
Description The issue allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the install lang parameter in the install.php file.
Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.8, update to version 1.5.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the install.php file until the update is applied.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (\'Path Traversal\')
Related identifiers
CVE-2014-9574
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