Xoops Incontent Module Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:12406

Info

Xoops Incontent Module Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12406
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 28 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 28 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Lostmon.
Vulnerable: Incontent Incontent 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Xoops Incontent Module Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Xoops Incontent module is reported prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

A malicious user could issue a request containing directory traversal strings such as '../' to possibly view files outside the server root directory.

Incontent version 3.0 is reported to be susceptible to this vulnerability. Other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Xoops Incontent Module Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An exploit is not required. Examples sufficient to demonstrate this vulnerability are provided:

http://www.example.com/modules/incontent/index.php?op=aff&option=0&url=../../. ./index.php

http://www.example.com/modules/incontent/index.php?op=aff&optio n=0&url=../../../mainfile.php

Solution / Fix

Xoops Incontent Module Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Xoops Incontent Module Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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