ezDatabase index.php $p parameter directory traversal
| ezdatabase-index-p-directory-traversal (24133) |  Low Risk |
Description:
ezDatabase could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the Web server. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the index.php script containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the $p parameter to traverse directories and view arbitrary files outside of the Web root directory.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of ezDatabase (2.1.3 or later), available from the ezDatabase Web site. See References.
References:
- ezDatabase Web site: Online Database Software: ezDatabase.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sun Jan 15 2006 - 05:28:11 CST: EZDatabase Directory Transversal, XSS and Path Disclosure Vulnerability.
- BID-15908: EZDatabase Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-4302: Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in ezDatabase 2.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary local files via .. sequences in the p parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 21796: ezDatabase index.php p Variable Local File Inclusion
- SA18043: ezDatabase "p" Local File Inclusion and "db_id" Code Execution
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-2942: ezDatabase p Parameter Handling Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- IndexCOR ezDatabase 2.1.2 and prior
Reported:
Jan 15, 2006
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