CVE-2009-4116 Information

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled allow remote authenticated users with editor or administrative application access to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the source parameter in a (1) list or (2) editnews action to the Editnews module and (3) the save_con[skin] parameter in the Options module. NOTE: vector 3 can be leveraged for code execution by using a .. to include and execute arbitrary local files.

Reference

http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54244 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54246