CVE-2004-1986 Path traversal in n/a
Administrators can read arbitrary files via path traversal in Coppermine Photo Gallery, exposing sensitive system data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1986?
CVE-2004-1986 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke, published on 10 May 2005. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Directory traversal vulnerability in modules.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b and 1.2.0 RC4 allows remote attackers with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the startdir parameter.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1986?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Coppermine Coppermine Photo Gallery, Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1986?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2004-1986 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1986 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mppw-43vf-5v6h.