Fantastic News archive.php and headlines.php file include
| fantasticnews-archiveheadlines-file-include (25064) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Fantastic News could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. If register_globals is enabled, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the archive.php or headlines.php script using the CONFIG[script_path] parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Fantastic News (2.1.5 or later), available from the Fantastic News Web site. See References.
References:
- core.sec 2006-09-08: Fantastic News <= 2.1.4 (Remote File Inclusion).
- Fantastic News Web site: Fantastic Scripts.
- BID-16985: Fantastic News Archive.PHP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- BID-21796: Fantastic News Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1154: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in archive.php in Fantastic News 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via the CONFIG[script_path] variable. NOTE: 2.1.4 was also reported to be vulnerable.
- CVE-2006-4671: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in headlines.php in Fantastic News 2.1.4, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the CONFIG[script_path] parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-1154.
- SA21807: Fantastic News SQL Injection and File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
- SA23519: Fantastic News "CONFIG[script_path]" File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0826: Fantastic News CONFIG[script_path] Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3513: Fantastic News CONFIG[script_path] Variable Remote File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Fantastic Scripts Fantastic News 2.1.2 and prior
- Fantastic Scripts Fantastic News 2.1.4
Reported:
Mar 05, 2006
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