Help Center Live <= 2.1.2 Directory Traversal

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3696

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Directory Traversal flaw.

Description

The remote web server is running Help Center Live, a help desk application written in PHP. The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a Directory Traversal flaw. An attacker exploiting this flaw would send a malformed HTTP request which included '../' (or similar) directory traversal strings. Successful exploitation would result in the attacker gaining access to confidential data.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

See Also

http://www.helpcenterlive.com

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 3696

Family: CGI

Published: 8/1/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ubertec:help_center_live

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3639

BID: 15404, 19256