Allen Disk 1.6 HTML File Upload readfile.php Persistent HTML injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Allen Disk 1.6. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file readfile.php of the component HTML File Upload. Such manipulation leads to HTML injection (Persistent). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-9249. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Allen Disk 1.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file readfile.php of the component HTML File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a html injection vulnerability (Persistent). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Allen Disk 1.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML persistently by uploading a crafted HTML file. The attack vector is the content of this file, and the filename must be specified in the PATH_INFO to readfile.php.

The bug was discovered 05/09/2017. The weakness was presented 05/28/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-9249 since 05/28/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 19 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:readfile.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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 98743†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Persistent
Class: HTML injection / Persistent
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

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12/07/2022 +2018 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 21
Researcher: Viccon
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-9249 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-9249
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101828
SecurityFocus: 98743 - Allen Disk CVE-2017-9249 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-9249 - Allen Disk Project - Allen Disk - Low

Entryinfo

Created: 05/29/2017 08:44
Updated: 12/07/2022 13:11
Changes: 05/29/2017 08:44 (60), 10/03/2020 17:42 (4), 12/25/2020 17:53 (2), 12/07/2022 13:11 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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