Web-News 1.6.3 template.php content_page file inclusion

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A vulnerability was found in Web-News 1.6.3 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file template.php. The manipulation of the argument content_page 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:

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.

The weakness was presented 09/24/2006 by Drago84 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5053 since 09/27/2006. 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.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:template.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 (29119), Exploit-DB (2419), SecurityFocus (BID 20166†), OSVDB (29106†) and Secunia (SA22075†).

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Class: File inclusion
CWE: CWE-73
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Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: Drago84
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-5053 (🔍)
X-Force: 29119
SecurityFocus: 20166 - Web-News Template.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 22075 - Web-News "content_page" File Inclusion Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 29106 - Web-News template.php content_page Parameter Remote File Inclusion
Vupen: ADV-2006-3763

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

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Created: 03/12/2015 03:51 PM
Updated: 07/24/2024 12:09 PM
Changes: 03/12/2015 03:51 PM (48), 08/08/2017 08:46 AM (17), 07/24/2024 12:09 PM (19)
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