WM-News Print.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	19968
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 12 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 12 2006 08:47PM
Credit:	Daftrix Security Investigations is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Stefan E. WM-News 0.5
Not Vulnerable:

WM-News Print.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

WM-News is prone to a local file-include vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

Version 0.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WM-News Print.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web-client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:http://localhost/newscript/print/print.php?ide=../../../../etc/passwd%00

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/19968.html

WM-News Print.PHP Local 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].

WM-News Print.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Newsscript download Site (Stefan E.)
  
• Newsscript version 0.5 (print.php) Local File Inclusion Vulnerability (Daftrix Security Investigations)