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PHPix directory traversal vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Web application abuses

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

18 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

PHPix program allows an attacker to read arbitrary files on the remote web server, prefixing the pathname of the file with ..%2F..%2F..

Insight

Insight

Example: GET /Album/?mode=album&album=..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2Fetc&dispsize=640&start=0 will return all the files that are nested within /etc directory.

Solution

Solution

Contact your vendor for the latest software release.

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