Multiple Vulnerabilities in Web Forums Server

R00tCr4ck <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.vulnerabilities.watch.announce,gmane.comp.security.bugtraq,gmane.comp.security.news.securitytracker
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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Software:
Web Forums Server

Web Site:
http://www.minihttpserver.net

Affected Version(s):
1.6,2.0 Power Pack(current)

Description:
Web Forums Server is "all in one" Web Server for Microsoft Windows Operating
Systems.
Web Forums Server have a build in User manage system, Message Board system,
ShareFile System
,Share Photo System.include a powerful, flexible, compliant web server.
Implements the latest protocols,including HTTP/1.1 (RFC2616)

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Web Forums Server:

Directory Traversal Vulnerability:

There is directory traversal vulnerability in Web Forums Server that may allow a
remote attacker
to view files residing outside of the web server root directory.

Examples:

http://[victim]/..\..\..\file.ext
http://[victim]/../../../file.ext
or as encoded format:
http://[victim]/%2E%2E%5C%2E%2E%5C%2E%2E%5Cfile.ext
http://[victim]/%2E%2E%2F%2E%2E%2F%2E%2E%2Ffile.ext


Plaintext Password Vulnerability:

Web Forums Server stores all accounts with the passwords in plaintext using
Username.ini file.
So this could lead to users gaining unauthorized access to passwords,
and potentially unauthorized access to the Web Forums Server.

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Reported By R00tCr4ck at November,2 2004
contact:
root(at)CyberSpy.Org
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