OSVDB ID: 25008

Title: Invision Power Board action_admin/paysubscriptions.php name Variable Traversal Arbitrary PHP File Inclusion

Info

Disclosure

Apr 25, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Apr 25, 2006

Solution

Unknown

Description

Invision Power Board contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to action_admin/paysubscriptions.php not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the 'name' variable. This may allow an attacker to include a file from the local host that contains arbitrary commands which will be executed by the vulnerable script.

Classification

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

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, the vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Invision Power Services, Inc.

Invision Power Board

2.1.5
2.1.5 (2006.03.08)
2.1.5 (2006.04.25)
2.0.x
2.1
2.1 Alpha2
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4

References

Credit

  • IceShaman - http://HackThisSite.org
  • Wells - http://HackThisSite.org


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