Authenticated file deletion via unrestricted media path
Published Jan 25, 2023 · Updated Mar 28, 2025
Path traversal in bloofoxCMS 0.5.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary server files through the media manager. The admin/include/inc_content_media.php handler accepts a controllable file path, checks only whether it exists, and deletes it without confining resolution to the media directory. Administrative access to the background contents module is required, and a crafted parent-directory path can remove files writable by the web process.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in bloofoxCMS 0.5.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary server files through the media manager. The admin/include/inc_content_media.php handler accepts a controllable file path, checks only whether it exists, and deletes it without confining resolution to the media directory. Administrative access to the background contents module is required, and a crafted parent-directory path can remove files writable by the web process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-23151
- Published
- Jan 25, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-404, T1070.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Jan 25, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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