CVE-2013-3514 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote administrators can read arbitrary files via path traversal, or unauthenticated attackers can do so via CSRF, in OpenX ad server.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2013-3514?

CVE-2013-3514 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenX before 2.8.10 revision 82710 allow remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the group parameter to (1) plugin-preferences.php or (2) plugin-settings.php in www/admin, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7376. NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3514?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openx Openx.

How do I fix CVE-2013-3514?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3514 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-2013-3514 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3514 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wx4f-4xhm-qc7x.

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