Absolute path traversal vulnerability in ZeusCMS 0.3 and earlier might allow remote attackers to list arbitrary directories via a full pathn

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• zeuscms zeuscmsup to 0.3 inclusive

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2010-0680Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in ZeusCMS 0.2 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via direc
  31Monitor
• CVE-2007-6622SQL injection vulnerability in security.php in ZeusCMS 0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Ref
  30Monitor
• CVE-2010-0681ZeusCMS 0.2 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensit
  21Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);2res.sendFile(file);

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {3  return res.sendStatus(400);4}5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.