Secunia Security Advisory - sn0oPy has discovered a vulnerability in J-Web Pics Navigator, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
J-Web Pics Navigator "dir" Directory Traversal
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24273
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24273/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
J-Web Pics Navigator 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/13550/
DESCRIPTION:
sn0oPy has discovered a vulnerability in J-Web Pics Navigator, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information.
Input passed to the "dir" parameter in jwpn-photos.php is not
properly sanitised before being used to display directories. This can
be exploited to display directory listings outside of the web root via
directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
sn0oPy
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0411.html
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