CVE-2012-2435

Pligg CMS 1.2.1 Cross Site Scripting / Local File Inclusion

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de directorio transversal en el módulo captcha en Pligg CMS anterior a v1.2.2 permite a usuarios remotos autenticados incluir y ejecutar ficheros locales arbitrarios a través de .. (punto punto) en el parámetro captcha en module.php, como lo demuestra los ataques de solicitud falsificada a través de sitios cruzados (CSRF).

Pligg CMS version 1.2.1 suffers from cross site scripting and local file inclusion vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-04-26 CVE Reserved
2012-05-25 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2024-09-16 First Exploit
2024-09-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://forums.pligg.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=15	X_refsource_confirm
http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2440	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23089	2024-09-16

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				*		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				<= 1.2.1 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version " <= 1.2.1"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.0.0 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.0.0"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.0.0 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.0.0"		rc1		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.0.0 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.0.0"		rc2		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.0.0 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.0.0"		rc3		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.0.0 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.0.0"		rc4		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.0.0 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.0.0"		rc5		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.0.1 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.0.1"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.0.2 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.0.2"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.0.3 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.0.3"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.0.4 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.0.4"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.1.0 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.1.0"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.1.2 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.1.2"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.1.3 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.1.3"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.1.4 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.1.4"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.1.5 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.1.5"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				1.2.0 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "1.2.0"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				9.5 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "9.5"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				9.9 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "9.9"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				9.9.0 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "9.9.0"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				9.9.0 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "9.9.0"		beta		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				9.9.5 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "9.9.5"		-		Affected
Pligg Search vendor "Pligg"		Pligg Cms Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms"				9.9.5 Search vendor "Pligg" for product "Pligg Cms" and version "9.9.5"		beta		Affected