PHPGedView 2.x - 'Editconfig_gedcom.php' Directory Traversal

Author: Cedric Cochin
type: webapps
platform: php
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date_added: 2004-01-30 
date_updated: 2012-12-24 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9529/info

It has been reported that PhpGedView may be prone to a directory traversal vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to access files outside the server root directory. The problem exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data via the 'gedcom_config' parameter of the 'editconfig_gedcom.php' script.

PhpGedView versions 2.65.1 and prior have been reported to be prone to this issue.

http://www.example.com/[phpGedView-directory]/editconfig_gedcom.php?gedcom_config=../../../../../../etc/passwd