PHP168 Template Editor - 'Filename' Directory Traversal

Author: esnra
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 0
date_added: 2009-10-04
date_updated: 2014-08-24
verified: 1
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42174/info

PHP168 Template Editor 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 read and overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the webserver. This may aid in further attacks

http://www.example.com/background catalog/index.php?Lfj =style& job=ditcode&keywords=default& filename =../../ php168/mysql_config.php
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