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Hosting Controller <= 6.1 Hotfix 2.3 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for information disclosure vulnerability in Hosting Controller <= 6.1 Hotfix 2.3

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server may give customer PHP scripts access to arbitrary
files.

Description :

According to its version number, the installation of Hosting
Controller on the remote host may permit customers to use PHP scripts
to gain access to files outside of their directory, including those
belonging to other customers, resellers, or the system itself.

See also :

http://www.nessus.org/u?6d705b82
http://hostingcontroller.com/english/logs/hotfixlogv61_2_4.html

Solution :

Apply Hotfix 2.4 or later for version 6.1 or set PHP's 'open_basedir'
parameter for each customer's site via the Windows registry.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:R/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 14840

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