Invision Power Board (IP.Board) Task Manager directory traversal
| ipb-taskmanager-directory-traversal (40000) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Invision Power Board (IP.Board) could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the Task Manager containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the "Task PHP File To Run" field to view arbitrary files outside the Web root directory.
Platforms Affected:
- Invision Power, Invision Power Board 2.0.1
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Invision Power Board (2.1.3 or later), available from the Invision Power Services Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Nov 04 2005 - 10:35:19 CST, Invision Power Board Privilege Esaclation (2.0.1 + more) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-11/0060.html.
- Invision Power Services Web site, Invision Power Board at http://www.invisionpower.com/community/board/index.html.
- CVE-2005-3548: Directory traversal vulnerability in Task Manager in Invision Power Board (IP.Board) 2.0.1 allows limited remote attackers to include files via a .. (dot dot) in the Task PHP File To Run field.
- OSVDB ID: 35429: Invision Power Board "Task PHP File To Run" Field Traversal Local File Inclusion
- SA17443: Invision Power Board "adsess" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
Nov 04, 2005
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