LiteWEB Web Server 2.5 - Authentication Bypass

Author: Ziv Kamir
type: webapps
platform: php
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date_added: 2005-06-03 
date_updated: 2013-05-28 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13850/info

LiteWeb Server is prone to a vulnerability that may let remote attackers bypass authentication.

The specific issue is inadequate sanitization of user-supplied requests. In particular, there is an error in the handling of slash characters '/\' that will allow remote users to access protected files.

http://www.example.com/\admin\/login.html
http://www.example.com//admin//login.html