Re: Directory traversal vulnerability in phpimglist

[Jason DiCioccio <geniusj () ods org>]

In addition, an official upgrade has been released:

phpimglist 1.2.2 has been released and is available from:
http://www.liquidpulse.net/s.lp?id=17

Cheers,
-JD-

Jason DiCioccio wrote:

> DESCRIPTION:  There is a vulnerability in phpimglist which allows a user
> to traverse through directories outside the web root.  It only shows
> directories and image files although there might be a way around this.
>
> Exploit: http://www.site.com/images/?cwd=../../../../
>          -or-
>          http://www.site.com/images/?cwd=/
>
> UNOFFICIAL FIX:  Around line 76, there is a block like:
>
> if (!$cwd) { $cwd = $SET...... else {
>      $cwd = .....
> }
>
>
> Replace this block with the following block:
>
> if (!$cwd) { $cwd = $SETTINGS["rootdir"]; } else {
>         $cwd = ereg_replace("\.+","",$cwd);
>         $cwd = ereg_replace("^/+","",$cwd);
> }
>
> This appears to fix the problem.
>
>
> VENDOR/AUTHOR STATUS: I contacted the author and got a VERY QUICK
> response.  The email transcript is below:
>
> ----
>
> Hm.. Thanks  :) I\'ll get that fixed ASAP.. i thought I had put checking
> for ../ in , but never tested it :)
>
> if you have any ideas for the script,or find anything else, lemme know..
> ;]
>
> replying to:
> You can traverse directories using the $cwd variable in phpimglist.
> Example is:
>
> http://phpimglist.site/?cwd=/
> or
> http://phpimglist.site/?cwd=../../../../../
>
> This allows you to navigate the filesystem and see any image on the
> filesystem, perhaps more..
>
> I added something that I believe fixed it..
>
> if (!$cwd) { $cwd = $SETTINGS[\"rootdir\"]; } else {
>         $cwd = ereg_replace(\"\\.+\",\"\",$cwd);
>         $cwd = ereg_replace(\"^/+\",\"\",$cwd);
> }
>
> You had something similar but it was not working for some reason.
>
> ----
>
> Cheers,
> Jason DiCioccio
> geniusj () ods org
>
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