CVE-2009-2546 - Directory traversal vulnerability in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.x allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via the avatargalfile parameter when changing an avatar, which leaks the existence of the file in an error message

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Directory traversal vulnerability in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.x allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via the avatargalfile parameter when changing an avatar, which leaks the existence of the file in an error message

Published Jul 20, 2009

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.31%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.x allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via the avatargalfile parameter when changing an avatar, which leaks the existence of the file in an error message. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (3)

http://osvdb.org/55926
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/35646
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51776
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/55926		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/35646		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51776		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 20, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jul 20, 2009

Link CVE-2009-2546

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-2546

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-2546