MiniBB search.php, whosOnline.php and news.php file include
| minibb-multiple-scripts-file-include (27905) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MiniBB could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the search.php, whosOnline.php, or news.php script using the 'absolute_path' parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could 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: | 5.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jul 21 2006 - 15:33:43 CDT : MiniBB Forum <= 1.5a Remote File Include (search.php-whosOnline.php).
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Jul 20 2006 - 10:44:10 CDT : MiniBB Forum <= 1.5a Remote File Include (news.php).
- miniBB Web site: miniBB - Free Forum Software Script, MySQL PHP Bulletin Board.
- BID-19095: MiniBB News.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-3955: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in MiniBB Forum 1.5a allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the absolute_path parameter to (1) news.php, (2) search.php, or (3) whosOnline.php.
- OSVDB ID: 28674: miniBB news.php absolute_path Variable Remote File Inclusion
- OSVDB ID: 28675: miniBB search.php absolute_path Variable Remote File Inclusion
- OSVDB ID: 28676: miniBB whosOnline.php absolute_path Variable Remote File Inclusion
- SECTRACK ID: 1016557: miniBB Include File Error in `news.php` Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1016558: miniBB Include File Flaw in `search.php` and `whosOnline.php` Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Platforms Affected:
- Paul Puzyrev and Sergei Larionov miniBB 1.5 and prior
Reported:
Jul 21, 2006
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