Leif M. Wright Web Blog File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:9517

Info

Leif M. Wright Web Blog File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9517
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-2127
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 20 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:06AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Zone-h Security Labs.
Vulnerable: Leif M. Wright Web Blog 1.1
Not Vulnerable: Leif M. Wright Web Blog 1.1.5

Discussion

Leif M. Wright Web Blog File Disclosure Vulnerability

Web Blog is prone to a file disclosure vulnerability. Remote attackers may gain access to files on the system hosting the server that reside outside of the server root by submitting a malicious request that contains directory traversal sequences. This would permit the attacker to access files that are readable by the server and could disclose sensitive information.

Exploit / POC

Leif M. Wright Web Blog File Disclosure Vulnerability

This issue may be exploited with a web browser. The following example was provided:

http://www.example.com/directory/blog.cgi?submit=ViewFile&month=[month]&year=[year]&file=/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd

Solution / Fix

Leif M. Wright Web Blog File Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 1.1.5 to address this issue.


Leif M. Wright Web Blog 1.1

References

Leif M. Wright Web Blog File Disclosure Vulnerability

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