CVE-2024-50843: phpgurukul user_registration_\&_login_and_user_management_system Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50843 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Path Traversal vulnerability in phpgurukul user_registration_\&_login_and_user_management_system. EPSS estimates a 0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 14-11-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 14-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Directory listing issue was found in PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System 3.2, which allows remote attackers attacker to access sensitive files and directories via /loginsystem/assets.

• 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.