CVE-2010-4330

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Published 2010-12-07 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/controller.php in Pulse CMS Basic before 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter to index.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-15691 webapps php text · 2 KB

Mark Stanislav · 2010-12-05

Pulse CMS Basic - Local File Inclusion

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

'Pulse CMS Basic' Local File Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2010-4330)
Mark Stanislav - mark.stanislav@gmail.com


I. DESCRIPTION
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A vulnerability exists in the 'includes/controller.php' script that allows for arbitrary local file inclusion due to a null-byte attack.

 
II. TESTED VERSION
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Version 1.2.8


III. AFFECTED VERSIONS
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< 1.2.9


IV. PoC EXPLOIT
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http://www.example.com/index.php?p=/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00


V. NOTES 
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* magic_quotes_gpc must be disabled for null-byte attacks to work
* This issue did not affect Pulse CMS Pro according to the vendor


VI. SOLUTION
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Upgrade all previously installed versions to 1.2.9


VII. REFERENCES
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http://pulsecms.com/
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4330
http://www.uncompiled.com/2010/12/pulse-cms-basic-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-cve-2010-4330/


VIII. TIMELINE
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11/24/2010: Initial vendor disclosure
11/25/2010: Vendor response that they had fixed the issue & updated the existing version (1.2.8)
11/25/2010: Replied to vendor inquiring if a new point release would be made and affected versions
11/26/2010: Vendor response noting a version increment was coming & vulnerable versions confirmation
11/26/2010: Pulse CMS Basic 1.2.9 released
12/05/2010: Public disclosure

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`{"endIncluding":"1.2.8"}`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.0`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.01`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.1`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.2`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.2.1`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.2.2`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.2.3`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.2.4`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.2.5`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.2.6`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.2.7`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.15`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.16`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.17`
pulsecms	pulse_cms	`1.18`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.