Simple Posting System 'old' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	52477
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 14 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 14 2012 12:00AM
Credit:	n0tch
Vulnerable:	realize.be Simple Posting System 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Simple Posting System 'old' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Simple Posting System is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Remote attackers can use specially crafted requests with directory-traversal sequences ('../') to retrieve arbitrary files in the context of the application.

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

Simple Posting System 'old' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit the issue through a browser

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/sps.php?old=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

Simple Posting System 'old' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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

Simple Posting System 'old' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:

• Simple Posting System Homepage (realize.be)