Dalai Forum Forumreply.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	25361
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-4457
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 20 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:35PM
Credit:	Darkdewil[system-errrror] is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Florian Mahieu Dalai Forum 1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Dalai Forum Forumreply.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

Dalai Forum is prone to a local file-include vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting this issue may allow an unauthorized user to view files and execute local scripts.

Dalai Forum Forumreply.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

Attackers may exploit this issue through a browser.

The following proof of concept has been provided:

http://www.example.com/forum/forumreply.php?chemin=../../../../etc/passwd

Dalai Forum Forumreply.PHP Local 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].

Dalai Forum Forumreply.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Dalai Forum Homepage (Florian Mahieu)
  
• Dalai Forum Remote File Inclusion Exploit ([email protected])