PHP-Nuke Direct Script Access Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:10447

Info

PHP-Nuke Direct Script Access Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10447
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 01 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 01 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Disclosure of this issue is credited to Squid <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Paul Laudanski BetaNC PHP-Nuke Bundle
osCommerce Osc2Nuke 7x 1.0
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.3
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.2
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.0 FINAL
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.0
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.9
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.7
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.6
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5 RC3
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5 RC2
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5 RC1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5 FINAL
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5 BETA 1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.0
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.6
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.5
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.4
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.3.1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.2 a
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.2
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.0.1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP-Nuke Direct Script Access Security Bypass Vulnerability

PHP-Nuke is affected by a direct script access security vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure to properly validate the location and name of the file being accessed.

This issue will allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive scripts such as the 'admin.php' script. The attacker may be able to exploit this unauthorized access to carry out attacks against the affected application.

Exploit / POC

PHP-Nuke Direct Script Access Security Bypass Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue. The following proof of concepts have been provided:

http://www.example.com/admin/case/case.adminfaq.php/admin.php?op=FaqCatGo
http://www.example.com/admin/admin.php/index.php
http://www.example.com/admin/modules/blocks.php/admin.php

Solution / Fix

PHP-Nuke Direct Script Access Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

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