EPay Pro Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14871
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 19 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 19 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	[email protected] is credited with the discovery of this vullnerability.
Vulnerable:	AlstraSoft EPay Pro 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

EPay Pro Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

EPay Pro is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. This is due to a lack of proper validation of user-supplied input.

An unauthorized user can retrieve arbitrary files by supplying directory traversal strings '../' to the vulnerable parameter. 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.

EPay Pro Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?read=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd

EPay Pro Index.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]>.

EPay Pro Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:

• EPay Pro Product Page (AlstraSoft)
  
• Alstrasoft Epay Pro 2.0 and prior Directory Traversal Vulnerability ([email protected])