News Evolution 2.0 comment.php code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in News Evolution 2.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file backend.php/screen.php/comment.php. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-2249. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in News Evolution 2.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file backend.php/screen.php/comment.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in News Evolution 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP commands via the neurl parameter to (1) backend.php, (2) screen.php, or (3) admin/modules/comment.php.

The weakness was released 12/31/2002 by Frog Man as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-2249 since 10/14/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:backend.php/screen.php/comment.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 (10709), Exploit-DB (22048) and SecurityFocus (BID 6260†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

11/26/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +35 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
10/14/2007 +1748 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +2488 days 🔍
01/14/2025 +3814 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Frog Man
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-2249 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2249
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19891
X-Force: 10709 - News Evolution could allow an attacker to include remote PHP files
SecurityFocus: 6260 - News Evolution Include Undefined Variable Command Execution Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 18:23
Updated: 01/14/2025 07:01
Changes: 08/06/2014 18:23 (51), 06/12/2018 10:51 (3), 01/14/2025 07:01 (25)
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Cache ID: 216:60D:103

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