phpWebSite 0.7.3/0.8.x/0.9.x - 'index.php' Directory Traversal

Author: Diabolic Crab
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2005-07-06 
date_updated: 2013-06-04 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-17789 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14166/info

phpWebSite is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

A remote unauthorized user can disclose the contents of arbitrary local files through the use of directory traversal strings '../'. Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a loss of confidentiality.

The vendor has released the patch phpwebsite_security_patch_20050705.2.tgz addressing this issue.

http://www.example.com/phpwebsite/index.php?module=search&search_op=search&mod=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00&query=1&search=Search