24002 : KnowledgebasePublisher PageController.php dir Variable Remote File Inclusion
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6 months ago

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Disclosure

Mar 15, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Mar 15, 2006

Solution

Unknown

Description

KnowledgebasePublisher contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to PageController.php not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the 'dir' variable. This may allow an attacker to include a file from a remote host that contains arbitrary commands which will be executed by the vulnerable script.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

KnowledgebasePublisher

KnowledgebasePublisher

1.2

References

FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2006-1020
Bugtraq ID: 17120
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=402179&group_id=144153
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5ZP0H1FI0Q.html
ISS X-Force ID: 25338
Secunia Advisory ID: 19298
CVE ID: 2006-1294 (see also: NVD)
Vendor URL: http://kbpublisher.sourceforge.net/

Credit

uid0 - uid0exploitercode.com - ExploiterCode.com

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