Scoznet ScozNews 1.2.1 functions.php file inclusion

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Scoznet ScozNews 1.2.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file functions.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in ScozNews 1.2.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the CONFIG[main_path] parameter in (1) functions.php, (2) template.php, (3) news.php, (4) help.php, (5) mail.php, (6) Admin/admin_cats.php, (8) Admin/admin_edit.php, (9) Admin/admin_import.php, and (10) Admin/admin_templates.php. NOTE: this might be resultant from a variable overwrite issue.

The weakness was presented 05/17/2006 by Kacper (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2487 since 05/19/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Kacper and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:functions.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26520) and Exploit-DB (1800).

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Scoznet

Name

ScozNews

Version

1.2.1

Support

end of life (old version)

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Author: Kacper
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Kacper
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2487 (🔍)
X-Force: 26520 - ScozNews CONFIG[main_path] file include
SecurityTracker: 1016491
SecurityFocus: 18027
Secunia: 20156 - ScozNews "CONFIG[main_path]" File Inclusion Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 25616 - ScozNews Multiple Script CONFIG[main_path] Variable Overwrite Remote File Inclusion
Vupen: ADV-2006-1847

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/27/2018 08:49
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (65), 07/27/2018 08:49 (6)
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