TWiki 4.0.x - 'Viewfile' Directory Traversal

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-4294  
Publish Date: 07 Sep 2006
Author: Peter Thoeny
                							

                source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19907/info

Twiki is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. 

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the affected application. Information obtained may aid in further attacks.

Twiki versions 4.00 to 4.04 are vulnerable to this issue.

http://example.com/bin/viewfile/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics?rev=1;filename=../../../../../etc/passwd