witshare index.php file include
| witshare-index-file-include (33496) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
witshare could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the index.php script using the menu parameter to specify a malicious file from the local system, which could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.
Note: In order to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, the attacker would first be required to upload a malicious file or inject arbitrary commands into an existing file.
Platforms Affected:
- witshare, witshare 0.9
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Apr 06 2007 - 23:30:25 CDT , witshare 0.9 Remote File Include Vulnerabilitiy at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-04/0135.html.
- witshare Web site, SourceForge.net: witshare at http://sourceforge.net/projects/witshare/.
- BID-23358: WitShare Index.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1928: Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in witshare 0.9 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the menu parameter.
- SA24813: WitShare "menu" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1303: WitShare menu Parameter Handling Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Reported:
Apr 08, 2007
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