Joomla! Archaic Binary Gallery 'com_ab_gallery' Component Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	31901
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 24 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 24 2008 06:56PM
Credit:	H!tm@N
Vulnerable:	Joomla Archaic Binary Gallery 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Joomla! Archaic Binary Gallery 'com_ab_gallery' Component Directory Traversal Vulnerability

The Joomla! Archaic Binary Gallery component 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.

Joomla! Archaic Binary Gallery 1.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Joomla! Archaic Binary Gallery 'com_ab_gallery' Component Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue with a browser.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=com_ab_gallery&Itemid=37&gallery=/../../

Joomla! Archaic Binary Gallery 'com_ab_gallery' Component 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].

Joomla! Archaic Binary Gallery 'com_ab_gallery' Component Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:

• Archaic Binary Homepage (Archaic Binary)