PHPFaber TopSites Admin/Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	23419
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 11 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2007 09:29PM
Credit:	Dr.RoVeR is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	phpFaber TopSites 3
Not Vulnerable:	phpFaber TopSites 3.3

PHPFaber TopSites Admin/Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

TopSites is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails 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 webserver process. Information obtained may aid in further attacks.

This issue affects TopSites 3; other versions may also be vulnerable.

PHPFaber TopSites Admin/Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/Path/admin/index.php?page=template&modify=../../../../../../etc/passwd
http://www.example.com/Path/admin/index.php?page=template&modify=inc/config.ini.php

PHPFaber TopSites Admin/Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released TopSites 3.3 to address this issue. Contact the vendor for details on acquiring the appropriate updates.

PHPFaber TopSites Admin/Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:

• PHPFaber TopSites Homepage (phpFaber)
  
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