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WebLibs Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA13400
Release Date: 2004-12-08
Last Update: 2004-12-20
Popularity: 5,513 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:WebLibs 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
John Bissell has reported a vulnerability in WebLibs, which can be exploited by malicious people to access sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in weblibs.pl when processing data in a hidden <INPUT> tag embedded in the dynamically generated web page. This can be exploited via directory traversal attacks to read the contents of arbitrary non-executable text files on the system.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0.

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