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vendor:
WEBactive
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Directory Traversal
22
CWE
Product Name: WEBactive
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
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2001

ITAfrica WEBactive Directory Traversal Vulnerability

It is possible for a remote user to gain read access to directories and files outside the root directory of ITAfrica WEBactive by requesting a specially crafted URL composed of '../' sequences.

Mitigation:

Ensure that user input is properly sanitized and validated to prevent directory traversal attacks.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2386/info

It is possible for a remote user to gain read access to directories and files outside the root directory of ITAfrica WEBactive. Requesting a specially crafted URL composed of '../' sequences will disclose an arbitrary directory. 

http://target/../../../scandisk.log

^^ = Will obviously open the scandisk.log file.