Kloxo "Root Directory" Directory Traversal Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been reported in Kloxo, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information or manipulate certain data.
Certain input related to the "Root Directory" field is not properly verified before being used. This can be exploited e.g. by using File Manager to read or write to other users' files via directory traversal sequences.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 6.1.18.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Kloxo 6.x
     
Solution   Update to version 6.1.18.
     
CVE  
     
References   http://project.lxcenter.org/projects/kloxo/news
     
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 
2014-02-25 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote