Absolute News Manager .NET 5.1 - 'getpath.aspx' Direct Request Error Message Information

EDB-ID:

30845




Platform:

ASP

Date:

2007-12-04


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26692/info
    
Absolute News Manager .NET is prone to multiple remote vulnerabilities, including multiple cross-site scripting, SQL-injection, and information-disclosure issues.
    
Attackers can exploit these issues to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, execute arbitrary script code in the context of the webserver process, obtain sensitive information, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.
    
These issues affect Absolute News Manager .NET 5.1; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Webroot PoC:
Requesting the 'getpath.aspx' demo script discloses the physical path of the webroot - ie:
http://www.example.com/[CustomerDefinedDir]/getpath.aspx

	"
	Absolute News Manager Physical Path :
	D:\inetpub\www.example.com\[CustomerDefinedDir]\

	Please delete this file from your installation.
	"