# CVE-2004-1986: Path traversal in n/a

> Administrators can read arbitrary files via path traversal in Coppermine Photo Gallery, exposing sensitive system data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 May 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mppw-43vf-5v6h

## 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: 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.

## 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:

- Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.0 RC4 - 'startdir' Traversal Arbitrary File Access (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke

- [CVE-2007-1414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1414/): File upload in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-4283](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4283/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2007-3558](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3558/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2007-1107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1107/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-5622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5622/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-1986 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1986 exists.

Affected product: Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1986/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1986/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1986
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1986
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1986

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