CVE-2008-6592: lightneasy Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-6592 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in lightneasy. EPSS estimates a 2.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 03-04-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

thumbsup.php in Thumbs-Up 1.12, as used in LightNEasy "no database" (aka flat) and SQLite 1.2.2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to copy, rename, and read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the image parameter with a modified cache_dir parameter containing a %00 (encoded null byte).

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.