Claroline Claro_Init_Local.Inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

BID:20056

CVE-2006-4844 |

Info

Claroline Claro_Init_Local.Inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20056
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 15 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 18 2006 09:36PM
Credit: James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.6.5
Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.6.4
Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.6 RC2
Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.5.5
Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.5.4
Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.5.3
Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.5
Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.4
Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.6.4 (P1)
Claroline Claroline 1.7.7
Claroline Claroline 1.7.6
Claroline Claroline 1.7.5
Claroline Claroline 1.7.4
Claroline Claroline 1.7.3
Claroline Claroline 1.7.2
Claroline Claroline 1.7.1
Claroline Claroline 1.6 rc1
Claroline Claroline 1.6 beta
Claroline Claroline 1.6
Claroline Claroline 1.5.4
Claroline Claroline 1.5.3
Claroline Claroline 1.5
Claroline Claroline 1.7
Claroline Claroline 1.4
Claroline Claroline 1.3
Claroline Claroline 1.2
Not Vulnerable: Claroline Claroline 1.7.8

Discussion

Claroline Claro_Init_Local.Inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Claroline is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

An attacker can exploit this issue to have malicious PHP code execute 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.

Version 1.7.7 is affected by this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Claroline Claro_Init_Local.Inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

Solution / Fix

Claroline Claro_Init_Local.Inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 1.7.8 to address this issue.

Please see the references for more information.


Claroline Claroline 1.2

Claroline Claroline 1.4

Claroline Claroline 1.3

Claroline Claroline 1.7

Claroline Claroline 1.7.1

Claroline Claroline 1.7.3

Claroline Claroline 1.7.4

Claroline Claroline 1.7.5

Claroline Claroline 1.7.6

Claroline Claroline 1.7.7

References

Claroline Claro_Init_Local.Inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

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