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WebSPELL "picture.php" Information Disclosure
Secunia Advisory: SA24712
Release Date: 2007-04-06
Last Update: 2007-05-02
Popularity: 5,751 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:webSPELL 4.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2368
CVE-2007-2369


Description:
Trex has reported some vulnerabilities in WebSPELL, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.

1) Input passed to the "file" parameter in picture.php is not properly sanitised before being used to display files. This can be exploited to disclose the content of arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

2) Input passed to the "id" parameter in picture.php is not properly sanitised before being used to display files. This can be exploited to disclose the content of files via directory traversal attacks.

Successful exploitation requires that a PHP version prior to 4.3.0 is used.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 4.01.02. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Reportedly fixed in security fix 2007-04-06.
http://cms.webspell.org/index.php?site=files&file=20

Provided and/or discovered by:
Trex

Changelog:
2007-04-09: Updated "Solution" section.
2007-05-02: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3673


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