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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2011-1589
Mojolicious Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Path.pm in Mojolicious before 1.16 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2f..%2f (encoded slash dot dot slash) in a URI.

INFO

Published Date :

April 29, 2011, 10:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-1589 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mojolicious mojolicious
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
The Mojolicious application is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files.
  • Update the Mojolicious package to a version that addresses this vulnerability.
  • Upgrade the libmojolicious-perl packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2011-1589 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2011-1589.

URL Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622952 Exploit
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/KRAIH/Mojolicious-1.16/Changes
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058885.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058891.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/17/1 Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/3 Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/7 Exploit
http://perlninja.posterous.com/sharks-in-the-water
http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/K/KR/KRAIH/Mojolicious-1.16.tar.gz Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44051 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44359
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2221
http://www.osvdb.org/71850 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47402
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1072
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1093
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697229 Exploit Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66830
https://github.com/kraih/mojo/commit/b09854988c5b5b6a2ba53cc8661c4b2677da3818 Patch
https://github.com/kraih/mojo/issues/114 Exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622952 Exploit
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/KRAIH/Mojolicious-1.16/Changes
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058885.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058891.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/17/1 Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/3 Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/7 Exploit
http://perlninja.posterous.com/sharks-in-the-water
http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/K/KR/KRAIH/Mojolicious-1.16.tar.gz Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44051 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44359
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2221
http://www.osvdb.org/71850 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47402
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1072
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1093
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697229 Exploit Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66830
https://github.com/kraih/mojo/commit/b09854988c5b5b6a2ba53cc8661c4b2677da3818 Patch
https://github.com/kraih/mojo/issues/114 Exploit
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-1589 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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briandfoy/cpan-security-advisory

CPAN Security Advisory Database

cve data-pack perl security

Perl Shell

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
23 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : March 4, 2022, 10:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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vti/cpan-security-advisory

CPAN Security Advisory Database

Updated: 2 years, 6 months ago
16 stars 7 fork 7 watcher
Born at : Sept. 22, 2018, 8:45 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2011-1589 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-1589 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622952
    Added Reference http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/KRAIH/Mojolicious-1.16/Changes
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058885.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058891.html
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/17/1
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/3
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/7
    Added Reference http://perlninja.posterous.com/sharks-in-the-water
    Added Reference http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/K/KR/KRAIH/Mojolicious-1.16.tar.gz
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/44051
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/44359
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2221
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/71850
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47402
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1072
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1093
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697229
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66830
    Added Reference https://github.com/kraih/mojo/commit/b09854988c5b5b6a2ba53cc8661c4b2677da3818
    Added Reference https://github.com/kraih/mojo/issues/114
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66830 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66830 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2011

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.11 }} 0.51%

score

0.82535

percentile