Interspire Knowledge Manager 'p' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:36541

Info

Interspire Knowledge Manager 'p' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 36541
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 29 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 30 2009 04:00PM
Credit: Infected Web
Vulnerable: Interspire Knowledge Manager 5
Not Vulnerable: Interspire Knowledge Manager 5.1.3

Discussion

Interspire Knowledge Manager 'p' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Interspire Knowledge Manager 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.

Knowledge Manager 5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Interspire Knowledge Manager 'p' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/admin/de/dialog/file_manager.php?w=&p=/../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/hosts

Solution / Fix

Interspire Knowledge Manager 'p' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please contact the vendor for details.

References

Interspire Knowledge Manager 'p' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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