Title : TWiki Viewfile "filename" Parameter Handling Directory Traversal Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3524 CVE ID : CVE-2006-4294
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-09-08
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in TWiki, which may be exploited by remote attackers to gain access to arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "lib/TWiki/UI/View.pm" script that does not validate the "filename" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to access and read the contents of arbitrary files.
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