A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in CoronaMatrix phpAddressBook 2.11. Affected is an unknown code of the file index.php of the component Addressbook. The manipulation of the argument skin with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CoronaMatrix phpAddressBook 2.11 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the skin parameter to (1) index.php and (2) install.php. NOTE: it was later reported that vector 1 is also present in 2.0.

The weakness was disclosed 03/25/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1492 since 03/25/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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 (41394) and Exploit-DB (5288).

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• CoronaMatrix

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• phpAddressBook

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• 2.11

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