IBM WebSphere Portal Dojo Module URI Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61488

Synopsis

An application hosted on the remote web server has an arbitrary file download vulnerability.

Description

The version of WebSphere Portal on the remote host is using a vulnerable version of the Dojo toolkit. Input to the 'path' parameter of layerLoader.jsp is not properly validated. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to download arbitrary files.

Solution

IBM has published APAR PM64172 to fix this vulnerability. This is included in WebSphere Portal 7.0.0.1 Cumulative Fix 19 / 7.0.0.2 Cumulative Fix 19 / 8.0 Cumulative Fix 3 and higher. Refer to IBM's advisory for more information.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b229aef1

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21598363

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61488

File Name: websphere_portal_dojo_file_download.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/10/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2181

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2181

BID: 54349