PhreeBooks Multiple HTML-Injection and Local File Include Vulnerabilities

BID:40639

Info

PhreeBooks Multiple HTML-Injection and Local File Include Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 40639
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 08 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 08 2010 12:00AM
Credit: Gustavo Sorondo
Vulnerable: Phreesoft PhreeBooks 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PhreeBooks Multiple HTML-Injection and Local File Include Vulnerabilities

PhreeBooks is prone to multiple local file-include vulnerabilities and multiple HTML-injection vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit the local file-include vulnerabilities using directory-traversal strings to view files and execute local scripts in the context of the webserver process; other attacks are also possible.

The attacker may leverage the HTML-injection issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

PhreeBooks 2.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

PhreeBooks Multiple HTML-Injection and Local File Include Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues via a browser.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?language=../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
http://www.example.com/index.php?cat=../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

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