J-Security Center

Title: O'Reilly WebSite Pro Write Access Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

By default, O'Reilly WebSite Pro installs the following directories on the web root as read accessible by any user:

cgi-win
cgi-shl
cgi-src
cgi-temp

The program uploader.exe exists in the /cgi-win directory. Any remote user can execute this program by performing a GET request for http://target/cgi-win/uploader.exe. This program will allow the user to upload any file to the remote server.

Affected Products:

  • OReilly Software WebSite Professional 2.3.7

References:

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