Local File Inclusion in CMS Source
| Vulnerability ID: | HTB22545 |
| Product: | CMS Source |
| Vendor: | Proud Daddy Web Design ( http://www.prouddaddy.net/ ) |
| Vulnerable Version: | Current at 28.07.2010 and Probably Prior Versions |
| Vendor Notification: | 28 July 2010 |
| Public Disclosure: | 11 August 2010 |
| Vulnerability Type: | Local File Inclusion |
| Status: | Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response |
| Risk level: | High |
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| Credit: | High-Tech Bridge SA |
Vulnerability Details: | |
| Null-byte (%00) injection and catalog bypass (../) attacks are possible and can lead to arbitrary local file inclusion and execution. An attacker needs to have a possibility to modify or create local files to exploit this vulnerability, or have a malicious file already existing in the system. The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "index.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "target" variable. An attacker can compromise the application, execute arbitrary operating system commands, alter file system integrity, access or modify sensitive data. Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available: http://host/home/demo1/index.php?target=./../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00 http://host/home/demo1/index.php?target=./../../../../../../../../../../../../path/to/php_file%00 | |
Solution: | |
| Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches or other solutions. If you are aware of more recent information related to this issue please notify us: | |




