Holtstraeter Rot 13 - 'Enkrypt.php' Directory Traversal

EDB-ID:

29748


Author:

h4ck3r

Type:

webapps


Platform:

PHP

Date:

2007-03-16


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22997/info

Holtstraeter Rot 13 is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve the contents of arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the affected application. Information obtained may aid in further attacks. 

http://www.example.com/enkrypt.php?datei=../../../../etc/passwd