CVE-2011-4948

Public Exploit

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/remote.php in EGroupware Enterprise Line (EPL) before 11.1.20110804-1 and EGroupware Community Edition before 1.8.001.20110805 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%2f (encoded dot dot slash) in the type parameter.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.53%
Vendor Advisory egroupware.org Vendor Advisory egroupware.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.egroupware.org/epl-changelog vendor advisory
http://www.autosectools.com/Advisory/eGroupware-1.8.001.20110421-Local-File-Inclusion-224 exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/101676/eGroupware-1.8.001.20110421-Local-File-Inclusion.html exploit
http://www.egroupware.org/changelog vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52770 vdb entry
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.egroupware.german/33144 mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/29/1 mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/3 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-4948?
CVE-2011-4948 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-4948?
To fix CVE-2011-4948, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-4948 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-4948 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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