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.

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

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]

References

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