Vulnerability ID: HTB22791 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/file_content_disclosure_in_pixelpost.html Product: Pixelpost Vendor: Pixelpost ( http://www.pixelpost.org/ ) Vulnerable Version: 1.7.3 Vendor Notification: 11 January 2011 Vulnerability Type: File Content Disclosure Status: Awaiting Vendor Response Risk level: Medium Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details: The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/index.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "lang" variable from cookie when register_globals is on. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attacker to obtain content of arbitrary file accessible within the context of vulnerable application. The following PoC is available: GET /index.php?popup=comment&language_full=english HTTP/1.1 Cookie: lang=/../../../includes/pixelpost.php%00
