CVE-2014-9261 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The sanitize function in Codoforum 2.5.1 does not properly implement filtering for directory traversal sequences, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter to index.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 9.04% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-03-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| codologic | codoforum |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | CodoForum 2.5.1 - Arbitrary File Download | 2015-03-10 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/119412
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130739/Codoforum-2.5.1-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
- http://security.szurek.pl/codoforum-251-arbitrary-file-download.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36320
- https://codoforum.com/documentation/roadmap
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/119412
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130739/Codoforum-2.5.1-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
- http://security.szurek.pl/codoforum-251-arbitrary-file-download.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36320
- https://codoforum.com/documentation/roadmap
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