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eXtropia Web Store remote file retrieval

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
eXtropia Web Store remote file retrieval

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
eXtropia's Web Store shopping cart
program permits the remote file retrieval of any file
that ends in a .html extension. Further, by supplying
a URL with an imbedded null byte, the script can be made
to retrieve any file at all.

Example:
GET /cgi-bin/Web_Store/web_store.cgi?page=../../../../etc/passwd%00.html

will return /etc/passwd.

Solution: None available at this time

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 1774

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Thomas Reinke

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