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betaparticle blog Exposure of Sensitive Information and Security Bypass
Secunia Advisory: SA14668
Release Date: 2005-03-22
Last Update: 2005-03-30
Popularity: 5,283 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Partial Fix

Software:betaparticle blog 3.x
betaparticle blog 4.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-0853
CVE-2005-0854


Description:
farhad koosha has reported a vulnerability and a security issue in betaparticle blog, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and disclose sensitive information.

1) The database file is located inside the web root, which can be exploited to e.g. disclose the administrator's username and password.

The security issue has been reported in versions 4.0 and prior.

2) It is possible to upload and delete files/images without authentication by accessing the scripts "upload.asp" and "myFiles.asp" directly.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 3.0 and prior.

Solution:
1) Deny direct access to the database file or move it outside the web root.

2) Update to version 4.0.
http://www.betaparticle.com/blog/about.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
farhad koosha

Changelog:
2005-03-30: Added CVE references.


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