Newanz NewsOffice 1.0/1.1 news_show.php newsoffice_directory code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Newanz NewsOffice 1.0/1.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file news_show.php. The manipulation of the argument newsoffice_directory with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in news_show.php in Newanz NewsOffice 1.0 and 1.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the newsoffice_directory parameter.

The weakness was presented 04/22/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1903 since 04/21/2008. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:news_show.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41770) and Exploit-DB (5429).

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059

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03/16/2015 +2519 days 🔍
09/23/2018 +1287 days 🔍

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Advisory: milw0rm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1903 (🔍)
X-Force: 41770 - NewsOffice news_show.php file include
SecurityFocus: 28748 - NewsOffice 'news_show.php' Remote File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 29797 - NewsOffice "newsoffice_directory" File Inclusion Vulnerability, Highly Critical

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

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 09/23/2018 08:30
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (51), 09/23/2018 08:30 (11)
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