CVE-2019-12169 — ATutor 2

ATutor 2.2.4 allows Arbitrary File Upload and Directory Traversal, resulting in remote code execution via a ".." pathname in a ZIP archive to the mods/_core/languages/language_import.php (aka Import New Language) or mods/_standard/patcher/index_admin.php (aka Patcher) c

01What is this vulnerability?

ATutor 2.2.4 allows Arbitrary File Upload and Directory Traversal, resulting in remote code execution via a ".." pathname in a ZIP archive to the mods/_core/languages/language_import.php (aka Import New Language) or mods/_standard/patcher/index_admin.php (aka Patcher) component.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-06-03T20:00:28.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:10:30.825Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/fuzzlove
• github.com — https://github.com/fuzzlove/ATutor-2.2.4-Language-Exploit
• incidentsecurity.com — http://incidentsecurity.com/atutor-2-2-4-language_import-arbitrary-file-upload-r…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153870/ATutor-2.2.4-Arbitrary-File-Upload-C…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158246/ATutor-2.2.4-Directory-Traversal-Rem…