CVE-2013-3514: openx Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-3514 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Path Traversal vulnerability in openx. EPSS estimates a 3.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 14-05-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenX before 2.8.10 revision 82710 allow remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the group parameter to (1) plugin-preferences.php or (2) plugin-settings.php in www/admin, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7376. NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files.

• 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.