Multiple Web Wiz Products Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:27419

Info

Multiple Web Wiz Products Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27419
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0479
CVE-2008-0480
CVE-2008-0481
CVE-2008-0466
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 23 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 05 2016 10:00PM
Credit: The AmnPardaz Security Research Team is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Web Wiz Rich Text Editor 4.0
Web Wiz NewPad 1.02
Web Wiz Forums 9.07
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Web Wiz Products Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Web Wiz Forums, NewsPad, and Rich Text Editor are prone to a remote information-disclosure vulnerability because they fail to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to retrieve arbitrary files in the context of the webserver process. Information obtained may aid in further attacks; other attacks are also possible.

This issue affects Forums 9.07, NewsPad 1.02, and Rich Text Editor 4.0; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Web Wiz Products Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/RTE_file_browser.asp?look=&sub=\.....\\\.....\\\.....\\http://www.example.com/RTE_file_browser.asp?look=save&sub=\.....\\\.....\\\.....\\\.....\\\.....\\\

Solution / Fix

Multiple Web Wiz Products Remote Information Disclosure 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].

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