PerlBlog weblog.pl directory traversal

perlblog-weblog-directory-traversal (24690) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

PerlBlog could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the server. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the weblog.pl script containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the month parameter to traverse directories and view arbitrary text 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: 2.8
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Unavailable
  Report Confidence: Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Obtain Information

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.

References:

  • eVuln Advisory EV0081: PerlBlog Multiple Vulnerabilities.
  • PerlBlog Web site: PerlBlog Features.
  • BID-16707: PerlBlog Multiple Input Validation and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-0781: Directory traversal vulnerability in weblog.pl in PerlBlog 1.09b and earlier allows remote attackers to read certain files via the month parameter.
  • SA18924: PerlBLOG Multiple Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • PerlBlog PerlBlog 1.08
  • PerlBlog PerlBlog 1.09
  • PerlBlog PerlBlog 1.09b

Reported:

Feb 15, 2006

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