FarsiNews 2.1/2.1 Beta2/2.5 Error Message index.php template information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in FarsiNews 2.1/2.1 Beta2/2.5. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.php of the component Error Message Handler. This manipulation of the argument template causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-0660. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in FarsiNews 2.1/2.1 Beta2/2.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file index.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument template with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FarsiNews 2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files or trigger an error message path disclosure via ".." or invalid names in the archive parameter to index.php, or (2) include arbitrary files via the template parameter to show_archives.php.

The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2006 by Hamid Ebadi (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-0660 since 02/13/2006. 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 T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24602), Exploit-DB (27183), SecurityFocus (BID 16580†), OSVDB (23020†) and Secunia (SA18768†). The entries VDB-83517 and VDB-83518 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Hamid Ebadi
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0660 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0660
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28687
X-Force: 24602 - FarsiNews index.php directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 16580 - FarsiNews Directory Traversal and Local File Include Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 18768 - FarsiNews Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 23020 - FarsiNews index.php Malformed archive Variable Path Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2006-0506

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

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 10/20/2025 13:06
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (60), 07/19/2018 10:27 (9), 10/20/2025 13:06 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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