Secunia Security Advisory - James Bercegay has reported a vulnerability in CakePHP, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
CakePHP "file" Parameter Disclosure of Sensitive Information
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22040
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22040/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
CakePHP 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/11247/
DESCRIPTION:
James Bercegay has reported a vulnerability in CakePHP, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed to the "file" parameter in js/vendors.php isn't properly
sanitised before being used in a "readfile()" call. This can be
exploited to disclose the content of arbitrary files via directory
traversal attacks.
Example:
http://[host]/js/vendors.php?file=../../../../[file]%00foobar.js
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.1.7.3363. Prior
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.8.3544.
http://cakeforge.org/frs/?group_id=23
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
James Bercegay, GulfTech Security Research Team
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GulfTech Security Research Team:
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00114-09212006&
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