Title : TWiki Upload Filter Remote Security Bypass and Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2677 CVE ID : CVE-2006-3336
Rated as : High Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-07-05
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in TWiki, which could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass security restrictions and compromise a vulnerable server. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the file upload filter functionality that does not properly validate file extensions, which could be exploited by remote attackers to upload malicious scripts (e.g. PHP) and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
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