Simplemedia SimpleBBS 1.0.6/1.0.7/1.1 posts.php Stored path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Simplemedia SimpleBBS 1.0.6/1.0.7/1.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file posts.php. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal (Stored). This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-1800. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Simplemedia SimpleBBS 1.0.6/1.0.7/1.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the file posts.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability (Stored). CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in posts.php in SimpleBBS 1.0.6 through 1.1 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via ".." sequences in the language cookie, as demonstrated by by injecting the code into the gl_session cookie of users.php, which is stored in error.log.

The weakness was shared 04/18/2006 by rUnViRuS (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at worlddefacers.de. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1800 since 04/17/2006. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:posts.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 (25788) and SecurityFocus (BID 17501†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Simplemedia

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• SimpleBBS

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• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.1

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