w-Agora Multiple Script Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15437

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Synopsis

A web forum on the remote host has a directory traversal vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running w-agora, a web-based forum application written in PHP.

The remote version of this software is prone to directory traversal attacks. A remote attacker could send specially crafted URL to read arbitrary files from the remote system with the privileges of the web server process.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of this software.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15437

File Name: w_agora_dir_traversal.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 10/8/2004

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2003

Reference Information

BID: 6595

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