PHP-Nuke DownloadsPlus Module Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

BID:28919

Info

PHP-Nuke DownloadsPlus Module Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28919
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-4767
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 24 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:29PM
Credit: ZoRLu
Vulnerable: PHP-Nuke DownloadsPlus Module 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP-Nuke DownloadsPlus Module Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

The DownloadsPlus module for PHP-Nuke is prone to a vulnerability that lets remote attackers upload and execute arbitrary code because the application fails to sanitize user-supplied input. This issue permits attackers to upload arbitrary files with '.htm', '.html', or '.txt' extensions.

An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on an affected computer with the privileges of the webserver process.

Note that to exploit this issue, the attacker may require valid login credentials.

Exploit / POC

PHP-Nuke DownloadsPlus Module Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Attackers may exploit this issue through a browser.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/phpnuke/upload_category/filename.html

Solution / Fix

PHP-Nuke DownloadsPlus Module Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

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