CVE-2011-10009

Aug. 13, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

8.7
High

Description

S40 CMS v0.4.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in its index.php page handler. The p parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing attackers to traverse the file system and access arbitrary files outside the web root. This can be exploited remotely without authentication by appending traversal sequences and a null byte to bypass file extension checks.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
S40
  • S40 Cms
  • 0.4.2

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a s40 s40_cms 0.4.2 / / / / / / /

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/s40_traversal.rb
https://web.archive.org/web/20110613222630/http://y-osirys.com/security/exploits/id27
https://web.archive.org/web/20120531114058/http://s40.biz/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17129
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/s40-cms-path-traversal

Tags

CWE-22
disclosure@vulncheck.com
2025-08-13
CVE-2011-10009

CVSS Score

8.7 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 13, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 13, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

disclosure@vulncheck.com

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