ACGV News PathNews file include
| acgvnews-pathnews-file-include (28763) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ACGV News could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the article.php, header.php, or news.php script using the 'PathNews' 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:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- ACGV Web site: Bienvenue sur ACGV. (Web site is in French)
- BID-19863: ACGV News Article.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
- BID-19882: ACGV News PathNews Parameter Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-4637: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in ACGV News 0.9.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the PathNews parameter in (1) header.php or (2) news.php. NOTE: portions of these details are obtained from third party information.
- CVE-2006-4638: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in article.php in ACGV News 0.9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the PathNews parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 28555: ACGV News article.php PathNews Variable Remote File Inclusion
- SA21765: ACGV News "PathNews" File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016816: ACGV News Include File Flaw in `PathNews` Parameter Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3475: ACGV News PathNews Variable Handling Multiple PHP File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- ACGV ACGV News 0.9.1 and prior
Reported:
Sep 05, 2006
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