CVE-2012-2208 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2012-2208?

CVE-2012-2208 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Piwigo Piwigo, published on 14 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in upgrade.php in Piwigo before 2.3.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2208?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Piwigo Piwigo.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2208?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2208 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-2012-2208 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2208 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4hqq-6fv5-q77v.