CVE-2008-3195

TWiki 4.2.0 - 'configure' Remote File Disclosure

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en bin/configure en TWiki anterior a v4.2.3, cuando algún paso en el asistente de instalación es omitido, permite a atacantes remotos leer ficheros de su elección a través de una cadena de consulta que contiene ..(punto punto) en la variable "image", y ejecutar archivos de su elección a través de vectores no especificados.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-07-16 CVE Reserved
2008-09-17 CVE Published
2008-09-21 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/31849	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31964	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4265	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362012	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-7JEQ7L	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2586	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45182	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45183	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6269	2024-08-07
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6509	2008-09-21

URL	Date	SRC
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-3195	2017-09-29
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03#4_2_3_Bugfix_Highlights	2017-09-29

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				<= 4.2.2 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version " <= 4.2.2"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.0 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.0"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.1 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.1"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.2 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.2"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.3 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.3"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.4 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.4"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.5 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.5"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.1.0 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.1.0"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.1.1 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.1.1"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.1.2 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.1.2"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.2.0 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.2.0"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.2.1 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.2.1"		-		Affected