ZH2004-01SA (security advisory): Web Blog 1.1 Remote arbitrary files retrieving
ZH2004-01SA (security advisory): Web Blog 1.1 Remote arbitrary files retrieving
Published: 28 january 2004
Released: 28 january 2004
Name: Web Blog
Affected Systems: 1.1
Issue: Remote file retrieving
Author: Zone-h Security Labs
Vendor: http://leifwright.com
Description
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Zone-h Security Team has discovered a flaw in Web Blog 1.1. There is a
vulnerability in the current version of Web Blog that allows an attacker to
retrieve arbitrary files from the webserver with its priviledges.
Web Blog is an application to manage blogs.
Details
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It's possibile for a remote attacker to retrieve any file from a webserver.
For example try this:
http://address/directory/blog.cgi?submit=ViewFile&month=[month]&year=[year]&file=/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd
Solution:
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The vendor has been contacted and a new version was released.
Zone-h Security Labs - zetalabs@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=3822/