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HTB22791: File Content Disclosure in Pixelpost
From: advisory () htbridge ch
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:59:41 +0100 (CET)
Vulnerability ID: HTB22791 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/file_content_disclosure_in_pixelpost.html Product: Pixelpost Vendor: Pixelpost ( http://www.pixelpost.org/ ) Vulnerable Version: 1.7.3 Vendor Notification: 11 January 2011 Vulnerability Type: File Content Disclosure Status: Awaiting Vendor Response Risk level: Medium Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details: The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/index.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "lang" variable from cookie when register_globals is on. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attacker to obtain content of arbitrary file accessible within the context of vulnerable application. The following PoC is available: GET /index.php?popup=comment&language_full=english HTTP/1.1 Cookie: lang=/../../../includes/pixelpost.php%00
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