Xpression News Xnews-Template Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

BID:22609

Info

Xpression News Xnews-Template Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 22609
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-1040
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 18 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:34PM
Credit: r0ut3r is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: Xpression News Xpression News 1.0.1
Xpression News Xpression News 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Xpression News Xnews-Template Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Xpression News is prone to multiple directory-traversal vulnerabilities because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the affected application. Information obtained may aid the attacker in further attacks.

Xpression News version 1.0.1 is vulnerable to these issues.

Exploit / POC

Xpression News Xnews-Template Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Xpression News Xnews-Template Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor released a patch to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Xpression News Xpression News 1.0

Xpression News Xpression News 1.0.1

References

Xpression News Xnews-Template Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

References:
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