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bitweaver "suck_url" Information Disclosure
Secunia Advisory: SA28300
Release Date: 2008-01-10
Popularity: 2,333 views

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

Software:bitweaver 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-6651


Description:
AmnPardaz Security Research Team have discovered a vulnerability in bitweaver, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the "suck_url" parameter in wiki/edit.php (when "do_suck" is set to "h") is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to display arbitrary files through directory traversal attacks or by passing full paths.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.0 (R2). Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
AmnPardaz Security Research Team

Original Advisory:
http://www.bugreport.ir/?/24


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