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phpBB foing Module Multiple File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA20092
Release Date: 2006-05-15
Last Update: 2006-06-21
Popularity: 4,632 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:foing 0.x (phpBB module)

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2507
CVE-2006-3045


Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in the foing module for phpBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

1) Input passed to the "phpbb_root_path" parameter in index.php, song.php, faq.php, list.php, gen_m3u.php, and playlist.php isn't properly verified, before it is used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from external and local resources.

The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 0.7.0 and have also been reported in versions 0.6.0, 0.5.0, 0.4.0, 0.3.0, and 0.2.0. Other versions may also be affected.

2) Input passed to the "foing_root_path" parameter in manage_songs.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from external and local resources.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 0.7.0. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

Use another product.

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Kurdish Security
2) Darkfire and IR4DEX GROUP

Changelog:
2006-05-25: Added CVE reference.
2006-06-13: Added additional vulnerability provided by Darkfire and IR4DEX GROUP. Updated "Title".
2006-06-21: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://kurdishsecurity.blogspot.com/2...ish-security-7-foing-remote-file.html


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