ActiveKB loadpanel.php file include
| activekb-loadpanel-file-include (49646) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ActiveKB could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the loadpanel.php script using the Panel 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6.8 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.9 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of ActiveKB (4.5.1 or later), available from the Interspire Web site. See References.
References:
- Interspire Web site: Knowledge Base Software, Knowledge Management Software and Enterprise-Grade Wiki Software.
- BID-34362: ActiveKB 'Panel' Parameter Local File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2009-4957: Directory traversal vulnerability in loadpanel.php in Interspire ActiveKB allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via directory traversal sequences in the Panel parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 53363: Interspire Knowledge Manager loadpanel.php Panel Parameter Traversal Local File Inclusion
- SA34579: Interspire Knowledge Manager "Panel" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Interspire ActiveKB
Reported:
Apr 03, 2009
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