Informium Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18249
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 02 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 05 2006 04:27PM
Credit:	Kacper (Rahim) is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Informium Informium 0.12
Not Vulnerable:

Informium Remote File Include Vulnerability

Informium 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.

Informium Remote File Include Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/informium_poc.txt

Informium 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].

Informium Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Informium 0.12.0 - Remote File Include Vulnerabilities (Kacper (Rahim))
  
• Informium Product Page (Informium)