CoreNews 2.0.1 Core index.php or privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CoreNews 2.0.1 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file index.php of the component Core. Such manipulation of the argument or leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-1212. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in CoreNews 2.0.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file index.php of the component Core. The manipulation of the argument or with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in index.php in Core CoreNews 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the page parameter, possibly due to a PHP remote file include vulnerability. NOTE: this vulnerability could not be confirmed by source code inspection of CoreNews 2.0.1, which does not appear to use a "page" parameter or variable.

The weakness was published 03/09/2006 by Botan (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1212 since 03/14/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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 (25180), Exploit-DB (27413), SecurityFocus (BID 17067†) and OSVDB (24080†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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CoreNews

Version

2.0.1

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
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03/14/2006 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Botan
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-1212 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1212
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29180
X-Force: 25180 - CoreNews index.php command execution
SecurityFocus: 17067
OSVDB: 24080 - CoreNews next-page Add-on index.php page Parameter Remote File Inclusion

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/15/2025 04:05
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (53), 07/21/2018 10:19 (7), 09/15/2025 04:05 (23)
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