PHP-Stats 0.1.9.1 admin.php path traversal

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in PHP-Stats 0.1.9.1. Affected is an unknown function of the file admin.php. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1083. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHP-Stats 0.1.9.1 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file admin.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PHP-Stats 0.1.9.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to read and possibly execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) option[language] and (2) option[template] parameters, and (3) possibly other parameters, to (a) admin.php and (b) other unspecified scripts. NOTE: the admin.php/option[language] vector can be used by remote unauthenticated attackers to include arbitrary files in conjunction with CVE-2006-1085.

The weakness was disclosed 03/08/2006 by rgod (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1083 since 03/08/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin.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 SecurityFocus (BID 16963†) and Secunia (SA19116†). The entries VDB-29077, VDB-29076, VDB-29074 and VDB-29073 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Programming Language Software

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• PHP-Stats

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• 0.1.9.1

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