HTB22925: Path disclosure in Plogger

[advisory () htbridge ch]

Vulnerability ID: HTB22925
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/path_disclosure_in_plogger.html
Product: Plogger
Vendor: Plogger Team ( http://www.plogger.org/ ) 
Vulnerable Version: 1.0 RC1
Vendor Notification: 29 March 2011 
Vulnerability Type: Path disclosure
Risk level: Low 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "plog-includes/plog-functions.php", "plog-thumb.php" script, it's 
possible to generate an error that will reveal the full path of the script.
A remote user can determine the full path to the web root directory and other potentially sensitive information.

The following PoC is available:

http://host/index.php?level=search&searchterms[]=1
http://host/plog-thumb.php