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Cuyahoga FCKEditor Security Bypass Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Tries to call FCKEditor's upload.php script

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a .NET application that is affected by a
security bypass vulnerability.

Description :

The remote host is running Cuyahoga, an open-source .NET web site
framework.

The installation of Cuyahoga fails to require authorization to access
the FCKEditor component included with it. An unauthenticated remote
attacker may be able to leverage this flaw to view and upload files
with FCKEditor.

See also :

http://www.cuyahoga-project.org/10/section.aspx/61

Solution :

Either retrieve the updated 'Web.config' file and place it in the
'Support/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager' directory of the affected site
or upgrade to Cuyahoga 1.0.1 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2.3
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:P/A:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 21927

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