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Post-Nuke pnTresMailer Directory Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2440

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a directory traversal flaw.

Description

The remote host is running a version of the pnTresMailer PostNuke module that is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.
An attacker may use this flaw to read arbitrary files on the remote web server with the privileges of the web server process.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2440

Family: CGI

Published: 11/30/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 15858

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:pntresmailer:pntresmailer

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1205, CVE-2004-1206

BID: 11767