Knusperleicht NewsReporter News_include_path Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	19275
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 01 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 01 2006 11:41PM
Credit:	Kurdish Security is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Knusperleicht NewsReporter 1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Knusperleicht NewsReporter News_include_path Remote File Include Vulnerability

NewsReporter is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails 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 facilitate a compromise of the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

Knusperleicht NewsReporter News_include_path Remote File Include Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue using a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/newsreporter-aug1-2006.html

Knusperleicht NewsReporter News_include_path 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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

Knusperleicht NewsReporter News_include_path Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• NewsPreporter Homepage (Knusperleicht)
  
• [Kurdish Security # 16 ] newsReporter v1.0 Remote Command Execution (Kurdish Security)