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A vulnerability was found in PHP Multiple Newsletters 2.7 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument lang with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in PHP Multiple Newsletters 2.7, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the lang parameter.

The weakness was shared 12/09/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5570 since 12/15/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

A public exploit has been developed by ahmadbady and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 (47197) and Exploit-DB (7400). The entry 45460 is related to this item.

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• Programming Language Software

Name

• PHP Multiple Newsletters

Version

• 2.7

License

• open-source

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: ahmadbady
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-5570 (🔍)
X-Force: 47197 - PHP Multiple Newsletters index.php file include
SecurityFocus: 32726 - PHP Multiple Newsletters 'lang' Parameter Local File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 33065 - PHP Multiple Newsletters File Inclusion and Cross-Site Scripting, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 50660 - PHP Multiple Newsletters index.php lang Parameter Traversal Local File Inclusion

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

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 12/03/2017 15:25
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (63), 12/03/2017 15:25 (6)
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