CVE-2013-3575
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedhpdiags/frontend2/help/pageview.php in HP Insight Diagnostics 9.4.0.4710 does not properly restrict PHP include or require statements, which allows remote attackers to include arbitrary hpdiags/frontend2/help/ .html files via the path parameter.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceHP Insight Diagnostics pageview.php fails to sanitize the 'path' parameter, allowing attackers to manipulate PHP include/require statements to load arbitrary .html files from the hpdiags/frontend2/help/ directory. This is a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability that could enable information disclosure or potentially remote code execution depending on server configuration.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 9.4.0.4710CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify HP Insight Diagnostics installation and versionLocate the HP Insight Diagnostics installation directory and check the version information, typically found in an about or version file within the hpdiags directory structureAffected if The installed version matches exactly 9.4.0.4710
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Locate the vulnerable pageview.php scriptSearch for pageview.php in the hpdiags/frontend2/ directory, particularly within the help/ subdirectory structure where the LFI vulnerability existsAffected if pageview.php exists in the expected hpdiags/frontend2/help/ path structure
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Confirm web interface accessibilityDetermine if the HP Insight Diagnostics web interface is exposed and accessible by checking web server configuration and listening portsAffected if The hpdiags web application is accessible over the network
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Check path parameter handling in pageview.phpExamine the pageview.php source code to verify if the 'path' parameter is used in include/require statements without proper sanitizationAffected if The path parameter is used in dynamic file inclusion without input validation or basename() filtering
A system is affected if HP Insight Diagnostics version 9.4.0.4710 is installed with the pageview.php accessible via web and the path parameter accepts unsanitized input for file inclusion.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation on the path parameter using a whitelist approach, and use basename() to strip directory traversal sequences. Alternatively, refactor to avoid dynamic file inclusion entirely.
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