HTML::Merge Template Parameter File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:11571

Info

HTML::Merge Template Parameter File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11571
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 01 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 01 2004 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.42
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.41
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.40
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.39
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.38
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.36
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.35
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.34
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.33
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.32
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.31
HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.29
Not Vulnerable: HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.43

Discussion

HTML::Merge Template Parameter File Disclosure Vulnerability

HTML::Merge is reported prone to a remote file disclosure vulnerability. The vulnerability presents itself due to a lack of sufficient sanitization performed on user-supplied data that is passed to the 'printsource.pl' script.

It is reported that this vulnerability may be exploited by a remote attacker to specify an arbitrary web server readable file and have that file served to the attacker.

Exploit / POC

HTML::Merge Template Parameter File Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

HTML::Merge Template Parameter File Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this issue:


HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.29

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.31

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.32

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.33

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.34

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.35

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.36

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.38

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.39

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.40

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.41

HTML::Merge HTML::Merge 3.42

References

HTML::Merge Template Parameter File Disclosure Vulnerability

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