Vulnerability in Fools Workshop Owls

CVE-2004-0303

OWLS 1.0 allows remote attackers to retrieve arbitrary files via absolute pathnames in (1) the file parameter in /glossaries/index.php, (2) the filename parameter in /readings/index.php, or (3) the filename parameter in /multiplechoice/resultsignore.php, as demonstrated using /etc/passwd.

EPSS: 0.032 (86.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Fools_workshop Owls_workshop — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)