Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in Whizzy CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Whizzy CMS Directory Traversal Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40626
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RELEASE DATE:
2010-07-16
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Whizzy CMS, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed via the "QUERY_STRING" to index.php is not properly
sanitised before being used to access files. This can be exploited to
read file contents or include php files from local resources via
directory traversal sequences.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 10.01. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Anarchy Angel
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