PHP News Reader Phpbb.inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20480
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 12 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 13 2006 03:39PM
Credit:	Ashiyane Corporation is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	PHP News Reader PHP News Reader 2.6.4 PHP News Reader PHP News Reader 2.6.2
Not Vulnerable:

PHP News Reader Phpbb.inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

PHP News Reader is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

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

This issue affects versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.4.

PHP News Reader Phpbb.inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

A proof-of-concept exploit is included.

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/phpnewsreader_rfi_poc.txt

PHP News Reader Phpbb.inc.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].

PHP News Reader Phpbb.inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• PHP News Reader <= 2.6.2 Remote File Include Vulnerability (Ashiyane Corporation)
  
• PHP News Reader Homepage (PHP News Reader)