TalentSoft Web+Shop webplus.exe path disclosure

webplusshop-webplus-path-disclosure (25802) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Web+Shop could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL to the webplus.exe file using the 'storeid' parameter causing an error message to be returned that contains the full installation path for Web+Shop. An attacker could use this information to launch additional attacks on the vulnerable system.


Consequences:

Obtain Information

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of TalentSoft's Web+Shop (6.0 or later), available from the TalentSoft's Web+Shop Web site. See References.

References:

  • Bugtraq Mailing List, Fri Apr 07 2006 - 01:01:28 CDT : TalentSoft Web+Shop Path Disclosure.
  • TalentSoft Web site: Web+Shop.
  • CVE-2006-1897: Webplus (aka talentsoft) Web+Shop 5.3.6, when Redirect URL for Script Not Found Error is not configured, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a quote (') or possibly other invalid value in the storeid parameter in store.wml in webplus.exe, which reveals the path in a Script Not Found error message.
  • OSVDB ID: 24621: Web+Shop store.wml storeid Variable Path Disclosure
  • SA19662: Web+Shop "storeid" Full Path Disclosure Weakness

Platforms Affected:

  • FedoraProject Fedora Core
  • FreeBSD FreeBSD
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux
  • RedHat Linux
  • SCO Caldera OpenLinux
  • Sun Solaris SPARC
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 9.2
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux
  • Webplus Web+Shop 5.3.6

Reported:

Apr 13, 2006

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