Simple Discussion Board Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	20103
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 19 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 20 2006 07:16PM
Credit:	CeNGiZ-HaN has been credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable:	Simple Discussion Board Simple Discussion Board 0.1
Not Vulnerable:

Simple Discussion Board Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

Simple Discussion Board is prone multiple remote file-include vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit these issues 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.

Simple Discussion Board Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/[path]/blank.php?env_dir=shell
http://www.example.com/[path]/blank.php?script_root=shell
http://www.example.com/[path]/admin.php?env_dir=shell
http://www.example.com/[path]/builddb.php?env_dir=shell

Simple Discussion Board Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for these issues. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

Simple Discussion Board Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

References:

• Simple Discussion Board Web Site (Simple Discussion Board)