PostNuke modules.php script full path disclosure
| postnuke-modules-full-path-disclosure (20020) |  Low Risk |
Description:
PostNuke could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is caused by improper validation of user-supplied data in the modules.php script. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request to the modules.php script, which would cause the server to return an error message containing the full installation path of PostNuke.
Platforms Affected:
- PostNuke, PostNuke .760-RC3
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PostNuke (0.750b or later), available from the PostNuke Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- Dcrab 's Security Advisory on Bugtraq, Sql injection, xss and path disclosure vulnerabilities in PostNuke 0.760-RC3 at http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Apr/0165.html.
- PostNuke Web site, Open Source Content Management at http://www.postnuke.com/.
- CVE-2005-1050: The modload op in the Reviews module for PostNuke 0.760-RC3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid id parameter, which reveals the path in a PHP error message.
- SECTRACK ID: 1013670: PostNuke Input Validation Holes in News Module Permits SQL Injection and in `admin.php` and `user.php` Permit Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Reported:
Apr 08, 2005
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