Hinton Design PHPHG Guestbook Signed.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18413
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 13 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 14 2006 07:26PM
Credit:	SpC-x is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Hinton Design phphg Guestbook 1.2
Not Vulnerable:

Hinton Design PHPHG Guestbook Signed.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

The phphg Guestbook application is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability.

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.

Further information from Steven M. Christey reports that this may not be an issue.

Hinton Design PHPHG Guestbook Signed.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

Hinton Design PHPHG Guestbook Signed.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].

Hinton Design PHPHG Guestbook Signed.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• phphg Guestbook Signed.PHP - Remote File Include Vulnerabilities (SpC-x)
  
• Vendor Homepage (Hinton Design)
  
• Re: REMOTE FILE INCLUSION ( ALL ) (Steven M. Christey)