Exhibit Engine Photo_Comment.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20447
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 10 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 12 2006 05:34PM
Credit:	Kacper is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Exhibit Engine Exhibit Engine 1.54 RC4
Not Vulnerable:

Exhibit Engine Photo_Comment.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Exhibit Engine 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 1.5 rc4 is affected by this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Exhibit Engine Photo_Comment.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

An example proof of concept is included.

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/exhibit_engine_rfi.txt

Exhibit Engine Photo_Comment.PHP 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].

Exhibit Engine Photo_Comment.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

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