Secunia Security Advisory - GoLd_M has discovered a vulnerability in XPWeb, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
XPWeb "Download.php" Arbitrary File Download
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29006
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29006/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
XPWeb 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/17589/
DESCRIPTION:
GoLd_M has discovered a vulnerability in XPWeb, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in
Download.php when processing arguments passed to the "url" parameter.
This can be exploited to download arbitrary files from the affected
system.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.3.2. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly validated.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
GoLd_M
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5137
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