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TITLE:
SkaDate "view_mode" Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27114

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27114/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
SkaDate 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/15966/

DESCRIPTION:
SnIpEr_SA has reported a vulnerability in SkaDate, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the "view_mode" parameter in member/featured_list.php
is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to
display arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks with
URL-encoded NULL bytes at the end.

The vulnerability is reported in version 6.482. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
SnIpEr_SA

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4493

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