Vulnerability · Published Nov 12, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-27385
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Incorrect Access Control in the FileEditor (/Admin/Views/FileEditor/) in FlexDotnetCMS before v1.5.11 allows an authenticated remote attacker to read and write to existing files outside the web root. The files can be accessed via directory traversal, i.e., by entering a .. (dot dot) path such as ..\..\..\..\..\<file> in the input field of the FileEditor. In FlexDotnetCMS before v1.5.8, it is also possible to access files by specifying the full path (e.g., C:\<file>). The files can then be edited via the FileEditor.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/MacdonaldRobinson/FlexDotnetCMS/releases/tag/v1.5.11 x_refsource_MISC
- https://blog.vonahi.io/whats-in-a-re-name/ x_refsource_MISC