CVE-2013-7097
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in 7 Media Web Solutions eduTrac before 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the showmask parameter to installer/overview.php.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
eduTrac - 'showmask' Directory Traversal
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64255/info
eduTrac is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerability using directory-traversal characters ('../') to access arbitrary files that contain sensitive information. Information harvested may aid in launching further attacks.
eduTrac 1.1.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
http://www.example.com/installer/overview.php?step=writeconfig&showmask=../../eduTrac/Config/constants.php References
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.