Pheap Edit.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	22670
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-1140
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 22 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 12 2015 07:34PM
Credit:	laurent gaffi is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Pheap Pheap 2.0 Pheap Pheap 1.3 Pheap Pheap 1.1 Pheap Pheap 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Pheap Edit.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Pheap is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve and edit the contents of arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the affected application.

Pheap Edit.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/edit.php?em=file&filename=../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd

Pheap Edit.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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Pheap Edit.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:

• Pheap Homepage (Pheap)
  
• pheap [edit LFI] vulnerability (laurent gaffi)