Cloisterblog Remote File Access Vulnerability

vendor:

Cloisterblog

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Directory Traversal

CWE

Product Name: Cloisterblog

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

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2004

Cloisterblog Remote File Access Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported to exist in Cloisterblog that may allow a remote attacker to access information outside the server root directory. The problem exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The issue may allow a remote attacker to traverse outside the server root directory by using '../' character sequences.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10000/info

A vulnerability has been reported to exist in Cloisterblog that may allow a remote attacker to access information outside the server root directory. The problem exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The issue may allow a remote attacker to traverse outside the server root directory by using '../' character sequences.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information that may be used to launch further attacks against a vulnerable system. 

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