Manhali "f" Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been discovered in Manhali, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed to the "f" parameter in includes/download.php is not properly verified before being used to read file. This can be exploited to disclose the content of arbitrary files.
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.8. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Manhali 1.x
     
Solution   No official solution is currently available.
     
CVE  
     
References   L0n3ly-H34rT:
http://se3c.blogspot.com/2012/09/manhali-v18-local-file-inclusion.html
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
Misc : Local File Inclusion - suspicious /etc/passwd found in URL
3.5.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2012-09-21 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote