Vulnerability CVE-2009-2081
Published: 2009-06-16   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in help.php in phpWebThings 1.5.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the module parameter.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
phpWebThings <= 1.5.2 (help.php module) Local File Inclusion Vuln
br0ly
18.06.2009

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Phpwebthings -> Phpwebthings 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35313
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8928
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