CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-2865

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in PaperThin CommonSpot before version 7.0.2 and versions 8.x before 8.0.3 allows a remote attacker to bypass intended access restrictions by using a null character ('\0') in a file path on the drive containing the web root directory of a ColdFusion installation.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain unauthorized access to files and resources, potentially leading to sensitive data leakage or further privilege escalation in the server environment.

Recommendation

Immediately update PaperThin CommonSpot to version 7.0.2 or later (for the 7.x branch) and to version 8.0.3 or later (for the 8.x branch).

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a '\0' character, as demonstrated by using this character within a pathname on the drive containing the web root directory of a ColdFusion installation.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS