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Wabbit PHP Gallery Script "dir" Directory Traversal
Secunia Advisory: SA22994
Release Date: 2006-11-21
Last Update: 2006-12-04
Popularity: 7,321 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Wabbit PHP Gallery Script 0.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-6185


Description:
the_Edit0r has discovered a vulnerability in Wabbit PHP Gallery Script, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose system information.

Input to the "dir" parameter in index.php is not properly sanitised before being used to look for images. This can be exploited to check if a directory or file exists or not.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.9. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
the_Edit0r

Changelog:
2006-12-04: Added CVE reference.


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