CwpAPI GetRelativePath() function allows an attacker to view files
| cwpapi-getrelativepath-view-files (7981) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Comprehensive Web Programming API (CwpAPI) contains a vulnerability regarding insufficient path checking in the GetRelativePath() function in CwpAPI could allow a remote attacker to view files outside the Web root directory.
Platforms Affected:
- Ryan M Harris, CwpAPI prior to 1.1.1
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of CwpAPI (1.1.1 or later), available from the SourceForge Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jan 22 2002 - 07:40:10 CST, (Repost) CwpApi : GetRelativePath() returns invalid paths (security advisory) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0263.html.
- SourceForge.net, Project: Comprehensive Web Programming API at http://sourceforge.net/projects/cwpapi.
- BID-3924: ACD CwpAPI Relative Path Validation Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0196: GetRelativePath in ACD Incorporated CwpAPI 1.1 only verifies if the server root is somewhere within the path, which could allow remote attackers to read or write files outside of the web root, in other directories whose path includes the web root.
Reported:
Jan 22, 2002
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