Commerce.CGI Shopping Cart commerce.cgi page Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10612

Synopsis

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

Description

The 'commerce.cgi' CGI is installed. This CGI has a well known security flaw that lets an attacker read arbitrary files with the privileges of the web server.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of this software.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Feb/44

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10612

File Name: commerce_cgi.nasl

Version: 1.31

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/13/2001

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: 2/12/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0210

BID: 2361