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KC Wiki "page" Information Disclosure and Manipulation
Secunia Advisory: SA29218
Release Date: 2008-03-04
Last Update: 2008-03-11
Popularity: 2,705 views

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

Software:KC Wiki 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1170


Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in KC Wiki, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to manipulate data.

Input passed to the "page" parameter in minimal/wiki.php and simplest/wiki.php is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to disclose sensitive information, edit files, or delete files by using full paths to files.

The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1_0-20051129. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
muuratsalo and an anonymous person

Changelog:
2008-03-11: Added CVE reference.


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