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Pheap.Edit.PHP.Filename.Parameter.Directory.Traversal

Release Date

Jan 26, 2010

Severity

high

Impact

System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.

Description

This indicates an attack attempt against a directory-traversal vulnerability in the Pheap CMS web application.

A vulnerability has been reported in the Pheap CMS web application that may allow an attacker to read arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. This is possible because the user input filters fail to properly sanitize the "filename" parameter value. An attacker may read and modify arbitrary files by sending a crafted HTTP request.

Affected Products

Pheap Pheap 2.0
Pheap Pheap 1.3
Pheap Pheap 1.1
Pheap Pheap 1.0

Recommended Actions

Currently we are not aware of any officially supplied patch for this issue.

Coverage

IPS
VCM

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

CVE-2007-1140

Reference/s

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460920
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22670 (BugTraq)

Reference: VID-18061