CGIForum cgiforum.pl thesection Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10552

Synopsis

A web application running on the remote host has a directory traversal vulnerability.

Description

The 'cgiforum.pl' CGI is installed. This CGI has a well known security flaw that could let a remote attacker read arbitrary files on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to CGIForum version 1.01 or later.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Nov/267

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Nov/345

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10552

File Name: cgiforum.nasl

Version: 1.31

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 11/20/2000

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2000

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2000-1171

BID: 1963