FarsiNews loginout.php file include
| farsinews-loginout-file-include (24419) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
FarsiNews (formerly CuteNews) could allow a remote attacker to include malicious PHP files. If register_globals is enabled, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the loginout.php script using the cutepath parameter to specify a malicious PHP file from a remote system, which would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of FarsiNews (2.5 or later), available from the FarsiNews Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jan 31 2006 - 07:47:57 CST: FarsiNews 2.1 PHP Remote File Inclusion.
- FarsiNews Web site: FarsiNews.
- BID-16440: FarsiNews Loginout.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0502: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in loginout.php in FarsiNews 2.1 Beta 2 and earlier, with register_globals enabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via a URL in the cutepath parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 22878: FarsiNews loginout.php cutepath Variable Remote File Inclusion
- SA18637: FarsiNews "cutepath" File Inclusion Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1015554: FarsiNews Include File Bug in `logout.php` Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0411: FarsiNews cutepath Parameter Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- FarsiNews FarsiNews 2.1 and prior
Reported:
Jan 31, 2006
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