Webfroot Shoutbox URI Parameter File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:7737

Info

Webfroot Shoutbox URI Parameter File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7737
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 29 2003 12:00AM
Updated: May 29 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to pokleyzz <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Webfroot Shoutbox 2.32
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Webfroot Shoutbox URI Parameter File Disclosure Vulnerability

Shoutbox is prone to directory traversal attacks. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied values to URI parameters.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the value of the affected 'conf' URI parameter to obtain any files readable by the web server.

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