Nodesforum pre_output.php file include
| nodesforum-preoutput-file-include (57517) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Nodesforum could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the pre_output.php script 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: | 7.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Nodesforum (1.047 or later), available from the Nodesforum Web site. See References.
References:
- Nodesforum Web site: Home of the Nodesforum.
- Offensive Security Exploit Database [04-04-2010]: nodesforum v1.033 Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability .
- BID-39359: Nodesforum Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2010-1351: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Nodesforum 1.033 and 1.045, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) _nodesforum_path_from_here_to_nodesforum_folder parameter to erase_user_data.php and the (2) _nodesforum_code_path parameter to pre_output.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- OSVDB ID: 63554: Nodesforum erase_user_data.php _nodesforum_path_from_here_to_nodesforum_folder Parameter Remote File Inclusion
- OSVDB ID: 63555: Nodesforum pre_output.php _nodesforum_code_path Parameter Remote File Inclusion
- SA39311: Nodesforum Multiple File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Nodesforum Nodesforum 1.045
Reported:
Apr 04, 2010
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