Plain Old Webserver Firefox Extension Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:22502

Info

Plain Old Webserver Firefox Extension Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22502
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-0872
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 25 2006 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:34PM
Credit: Stefano Di Paola <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Plain Old Webserver Plain Old Webserver 0.0.8
Plain Old Webserver Plain Old Webserver 0.0.7
Not Vulnerable: Plain Old Webserver Plain Old Webserver 0.0.9

Discussion

Plain Old Webserver Firefox Extension Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Plain Old Webserver is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to access sensitive information that could aid in further attacks.

Version 0.0.7 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Plain Old Webserver Firefox Extension Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/../../../../[file]

Solution / Fix

Plain Old Webserver Firefox Extension Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 0.0.9 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Plain Old Webserver Plain Old Webserver 0.0.7

Plain Old Webserver Plain Old Webserver 0.0.8

References

Plain Old Webserver Firefox Extension Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:
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