Drupal Avatar Uploader Module Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been reported in the Avatar Uploader module for Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose potentially sensitive information.
Certain unspecified input is not properly verified before being used to read files. This can be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 6.x-1.2.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Drupal Avatar Uploader Module 6.x
     
Solution   Update to version 6.x-1.2.https://www.drupal.org/node/2330763
     
CVE   CVE-2014-9155
     
References   SA-CONTRIB-2014-084:
https://www.drupal.org/node/2332169
     
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
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2014-09-05 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote