SPIP spip_rss.php directory traversal local file include

spip-rss-file-include (24600) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

SPIP could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. A remote attacker could embed arbitrary commands into the spip.log file using the spip_access_doc.php script and then send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (../) and a NULL byte character (%00) to the spip_rss.php script using the GLOBALS[type_urls] parameter to specify the spip.log file, which would allow the attacker to execute the previously embedded commands on the system.

Platforms Affected:

  • SPIP Project, SPIP 1.8.2g and prior

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of SPIP (1.8.2-g or later), available from the SPIP Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • rgod Web page, SPIP <= 1.8.2g remote commands execution through arbitrary local inclusion / sql injection at http://retrogod.altervista.org/spip_182g_shell_inj_xpl.html.
  • SPIP Web site, SPIP at http://www.spip.net/en.
  • BID-16556: SPIP Spip_RSS.PHP Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2006-0625: Directory traversal vulnerability in Spip_RSS.PHP in SPIP 1.8.2g and earlier allows remote attackers to read or include arbitrary files via .. sequences in the GLOBALS[type_urls] parameter, which could then be used to execute arbitrary code via resultant direct static code injection in the file parameter to spip_acces_doc.php3.
  • OSVDB ID: 23086: SPIP spip_rss.php type_urls Variable Traversal Local File Inclusion
  • SA18676: SPIP Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1015602: SPIP Include File Bug in `spip_rss.php` Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-0483: SPIP spip_log and include_local Remote Code Injection Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Feb 08, 2006

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