Cutephp CuteNews 1.4.0 Protection Feature inc/shows.inc.php HTTP_CLIENT_IP denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cutephp CuteNews 1.4.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file inc/shows.inc.php of the component Protection Feature. Performing a manipulation of the argument HTTP_CLIENT_IP results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-3010. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cutephp CuteNews 1.4.0 (Content Management System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the file inc/shows.inc.php of the component Protection Feature. The manipulation of the argument HTTP_CLIENT_IP with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Direct static code injection vulnerability in the flood protection feature in inc/shows.inc.php in CuteNews 1.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the HTTP_CLIENT_IP header (Client-Ip), which is injected into data/flood.db.php.

The bug was discovered 09/18/2005. The weakness was disclosed 09/17/2005 by rgod (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-3010 since 09/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:inc/shows.inc.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19756 (CuteNews flood.db.php Client-IP HTTP Header Arbitrary Code Injection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

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 Exploit-DB (1221), Tenable (19756), SecurityFocus (BID 14869†), OSVDB (19478†) and Secunia (SA16832†). The entry VDB-26366 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 19756
Nessus Name: CuteNews flood.db.php Client-IP HTTP Header Arbitrary Code Injection
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: rgod
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3010 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3010
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26367
SecurityFocus: 14869 - CutePHP CuteNews Flood Protection Client-IP PHP Code Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 16832 - CuteNews "Client-IP" PHP Code Injection Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19478 - CuteNews flood.db.php Client-IP HTTP Header Arbitrary Code Injection
Vulnerability Center: 9276 - CuteNews 1.4.0 Client-IP Code Injection, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/07/2025 09:03
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (78), 06/09/2019 18:25 (3), 06/07/2025 09:03 (20)
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