Interspire Knowledge Manager 5 - 'p' Directory Traversal

Author: Infected Web
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 0
date_added: 2009-09-29
date_updated: 2014-05-09
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2009-4192;OSVDB-60630
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36541/info

Interspire Knowledge Manager is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

Exploiting the issue may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks.

Knowledge Manager 5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/admin/de/dialog/file_manager.php?w=&p=/../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/hosts