CVE-2012-2435

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2435
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-27 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the captcha module in Pligg CMS before 1.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the captcha parameter to module.php, as demonstrated by cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pligg Pligg Cms All All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.0.0 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.0.0 rc4 All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.0.0 rc5 All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.0.1 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.0.2 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.0.3 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.0.4 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.1.0 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.1.2 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.1.3 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.1.4 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.1.5 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 1.2.0 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 9.5 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 9.9 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 9.9.0 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 9.9.0 beta All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 9.9.5 All All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms 9.9.5 beta All All
Application Pligg Pligg Cms All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pligg.svn.sourceforge.net
File Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.htbridge.com Exploit
Pligg CMS 1.2.2 - Downloads - Pligg Forum af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 forums.pligg.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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