singapore admin.class.php directory traversal

singapore-adminclass-directory-traversal (18532) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

singapore is a freely available PHP-based image gallery program for Microsoft Windows and Unix-based platforms. Singapore version 0.9.10 running on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) with PHP version 4.3.4 and 4.3.9 and running on Apache version 1.3.33 with PHP 4.3.9 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories or delete files, caused by a vulnerability in the admin.class.php script. A remote authenticated attacker, with gallery deletion privileges, could send a specially-crafted request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to traverse directories and delete all files within the installation directory.

Platforms Affected:

  • PHP, PHP 4.3.4
  • PHP, PHP 4.3.9
  • Tamlyn Rhodes, singapore 0.9.10

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of singapore Image Gallery Web Application (0.9.11 or later), available from the SourceForge.net Web site. See References.

Consequences:

File Manipulation

References:

Reported:

Dec 16, 2004

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