Web-News template.php file include
| web-news-template-file-include (29119) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Web-News could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the template.php script using the content_page parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.
Platforms Affected:
- Web-News, Web-News 1.6.3 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- SourceForge Website, Web-News at http://sourceforge.net/projects/web-news/.
- BID-20166: Web-News Template.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-5053: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in webnews/template.php in Web-News 1.6.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the content_page parameter.
- SA22075: Web-News "content_page" File Inclusion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3763: Web-News content_page Variable Handling Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability
Reported:
Sep 24, 2006
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