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phpWebSite "hub_dir" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19647
Release Date: 2006-04-17
Last Update: 2006-04-20
Popularity: 6,761 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:phpWebSite 0.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1819


Description:
rgod has reported a vulnerability in phpWebSite, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "hub_dir" parameter in "index.php" isn't properly verified, before it is used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local resources.

This can further be exploited to include arbitrary PHP scripts from an external Windows share if the affected system is running PHP 5 on Windows.

Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.10.2. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
rgod

Changelog:
2006-04-20: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://retrogod.altervista.org/phpwebsite_0102_incl_xpl.html


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