phpCodeCabinet "BEAUT_PATH" File Inclusion Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21386
Release Date: 2006-08-07
Last Update: 2006-08-10
Popularity: 4,317 views

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

Software:phpCodeCabinet 0.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-4044


Description:
Minion has discovered a vulnerability in phpCodeCabinet, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "BEAUT_PATH" parameter in include/Beautifier/Core.php is not properly sanitised before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local or external resources.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 0.5. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
Minion

Changelog:
2006-08-10: Added CVE reference.


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