CVE-2012-2435 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-2435

Directory traversal vulnerability in the captcha module in Pligg CMS...

Vulnerability Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the captcha module in Pligg CMS before 1.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the captcha parameter to module.php, as demonstrated by cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

pligg cms
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.1.0, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.2.0, 9.5, 9.9, 9.9.0, 9.9.5

Timeline

Official Publish: May 27th, 2012
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.