PT-2009-22: EXcms Root directory disclosure vulnerability

Affected Software

EXcms
Versions prior to 2.02


Product Link:
http://www.ekvixgroup.com

Severity Rating

Severity: Low
Impact: Root directory disclosure
Attack Vector: Remote

CVSS v2

Base Score: 0.0
Temporal Score: 0.0
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:T/RC:C)

CVE: not assigned

Software Description

EXcms is a content management system (CMS) software, usually implemented as a Web application, for creating and managing HTML content. It is used to manage and control a large, dynamic collection of Web material (HTML documents and their associated images).

Vulnerability Description

Positive Technologies Research Team has discovered a Root directory disclosure vulnerability in EXcms.

Application does not properly verify input data for HTTP header. This allows to call an exception that leads to web server root directory disclosure.

An attacker may use the data to exploit another attacks.

Details are not provided.

Solution

Not available.

Workaround

magic_quotes on will fix the vulnerability.

Disclosure Timeline

03/03/2009 - Vendor notified
03/04/2009 - Vendor response
03/04/2009 - Requested status update from vendor
03/24/2009 - Second requested status update from vendor
05/26/2009 - Second requested status update from vendor
05/26/2009 - Vendor response
05/27/2009 - Public disclosure

Credits

This vulnerability was discovered by Dmitry Evteev (Positive Technologies Research Team) using professional network security scanner MaxPatrol.

References

http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2009-22
http://www.ptsecurity.ru/advisory.asp

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Positive Technologies Research Team:

http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/
http://www.ptsecurity.ru/advisory.asp