Siteman 'articles.php' File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:27422

Info

Siteman 'articles.php' File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27422
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0452
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 23 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: IRCRASH is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Siteman Siteman 1.1.9
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Siteman 'articles.php' File Disclosure Vulnerability

Siteman is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers obtain potentially sensitive information because it fails to prevent access to arbitrary files.

An attacker can exploit this issue to download arbitrary files with the privileges of the webserver process. Information obtained may aid in further attacks.

This issue affects Siteman 1.1.9; other versions may be vulnerable as well.

Exploit / POC

Siteman 'articles.php' File Disclosure Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/articles.php?do=viewart&id=%00&cat=[file name]%00

Solution / Fix

Siteman 'articles.php' File 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].

References

Siteman 'articles.php' File Disclosure Vulnerability

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