CVE-2007-5694

Published: Oct 29, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 8.0 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the translation module (translator.php) in SiteBar 3.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via an absolute path in the dir parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5491.

Affected (1)

Products: Sitebar: Sitebar

Sitebar

1 product

Sitebar

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Sitebar Sitebar	Version 3.3.8

Related CWEs

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.

References (20)

http://osvdb.org/41110

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/27503

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/28008

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3318

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://teamforge.net/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/tags/release-3.3.9/doc/history.txt?view=markup

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1423

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-05.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482499/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26126

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3768

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/41110