W2b phpAdBoard 1.8 File Upload index.php access control

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A vulnerability was found in W2b phpAdBoard 1.8 (Forum Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file index.php of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in index.php in phpAdBoard 1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in photoes/.

The weakness was presented 12/23/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-6921 since 08/10/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by ahmadbady and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit 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 (47593) and Exploit-DB (7562).

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: ahmadbady
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Advisory: milw0rm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-6921 (🔍)
X-Force: 47593 - phpAdBoard index.php file upload
SecurityFocus: 32998 - W2B phpAdBoard 'index.php' Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Secunia: 33300 - phpAdBoard File Upload Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50996 - phpAdBoard index.php Arbitrary File Upload
Vupen: ADV-2008-3509

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

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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 11/20/2018 22:50
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (63), 11/20/2018 22:50 (7)
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