Description
Jax Guestbook 3.1 and 3.31 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain IP addresses of users via a direct request to (1) guestbook, (2) guestbook_ips2block, (3) ips2block, and (4) formmailer/logfile.csv.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 4
- Jax PHP Scripts 1.0/1.34/2.14/3.31 - Guestbook File Client IP Disclosure EDB-26089 · webapps · Aug 5, 2005 · verified
- Jax PHP Scripts 1.0/1.34/2.14/3.31 - guestbook_ips2block Banned IP List Disclosure EDB-26090 · webapps · Aug 5, 2005 · verified
- Jax PHP Scripts 1.0/1.34/2.14/3.31 - ips2block Banned IP List Disclosure EDB-26091 · webapps · Aug 5, 2005 · verified
- Jax PHP Scripts 1.0/1.34/2.14/3.31 - logfile.csv User IP Disclosure EDB-26092 · webapps · Aug 5, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 16337 third-party-advisory
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/08/jax-php-scripts-multiple.html