Description

Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion in Verdure Core <= 1.2 versions.

Executive Summary

Technical Details

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{
  "score": "8.1",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-24T12:16:53.880Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-24T12:16:53.880Z",
  "executiveSummary": "An unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability has been identified in Verdure Core in versions 1.2 and below. This security defect exposes affected systems to severe risks, enabling unauthenticated remote threat actors to traverse the filesystem and access sensitive local files residing on the host machine. The vulnerability stems from improper input validation and insufficient sanitization mechanisms within the application's core architecture when handling file retrieval or inclusion requests. Consequently, an attacker can manipulate parameters to bypass intended directory boundaries, reading arbitrary files such as configuration files, source code, or system files depending on the execution privileges of the web application process. The risk implications are critical, as successful exploitation may lead to unauthorized information disclosure, exposure of credentials, and further systemic compromise. No authentication or elevated privileges are required to exploit this flaw, lowering the barrier to entry for malicious actors targeting exposed instances. Remediation requires strict input filtering, implementing allowlists for file inclusion operations, and updating affected deployments beyond version 1.2 as soon as vendor patches become available.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability resides within the Verdure Core component responsible for processing file paths and inclusion mechanisms in versions 1.2 and below. The root cause of the Local File Inclusion flaw is the failure of the application to adequately validate, sanitize, or canonicalize user-supplied input before passing it to file system operations. Because the system lacks proper boundary enforcement, an unauthenticated attacker can supply specially crafted traversal sequences (such as directory traversal patterns using dot-dot-slash notation) via vulnerable parameters over the network.\nThe attack flow proceeds as follows: First, the threat actor identifies the target endpoint interacting with the vulnerable Verdure Core component. No authentication credentials or session tokens are required to interact with this entry point, and network exposure allows direct requests to the web application. Second, the attacker crafts an HTTP request injecting path traversal payloads into the vulnerable parameter. Third, the application processes the tainted input without enforcing strict path restrictions or verifying that the requested resource resides within the designated web root or safe directory.\nAs the underlying file system API executes the request, the traversal sequences force the system to navigate upwards in the directory tree, accessing sensitive files outside the intended scope. Depending on the operating system context and the privileges under which the web server process runs, the application may read and return the contents of system configuration files, database credentials, or application source code directly in the HTTP response. The post-exploitation impact includes severe information disclosure, which can facilitate secondary attacks such as remote code execution if sensitive configuration parameters or cryptographic keys are exposed."
}