FKIE_CVE-2013-5639

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-03-11 19:37 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:59
Severity
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in users/login.php in Gnew 2013.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the gnew_language cookie.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/123482Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28684Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23171Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/123482Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28684Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23171Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
raoul_proenca gnew *
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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en users/login.php en Gnew 2013.1 y anteriores permite a atacantes remotos leer archivos arbitrarios a trav\u00e9s de un .. (punto punto) en la cookie gnew_language."
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  "evaluatorSolution": "CVE-2013-5639 CVSS assessment per LFI:\n\nhttps://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23171\n\n\n\"1) PHP File Inclusion in Gnew: CVE-2013-5639\n\nVulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed via the \"gnew_language\" cookie to \"/users/login.php\" script before using it in \"include()\" function. A remote attacker can include and execute arbitrary local files on a vulnerable system via directory traversal sequence and URL-encoded NULL byte.\n\nThe following exploitation example below displays content of the \"/etc/passwd\" file:\n\nGET /users/login.php HTTP/1.1\nCookie: gnew_language=../../../etc/passwd%00;\"",
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