Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.1.x paysubscriptions.php Name path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.1.x. This affects an unknown part of the file action_admin/paysubscriptions.php. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-2060. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.1.x (Forum Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file action_admin/paysubscriptions.php. The manipulation of the argument name 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, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in action_admin/paysubscriptions.php in Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.1.x and 2.0.x before 20060425 allows remote authenticated administrators to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files via a .. (dot dot) in the name parameter, preceded by enough backspace (%08) characters to erase the initial static portion of a filename.

The weakness was presented 04/25/2006 by IceShaman and Wells (Website). The advisory is shared at forums.invisionpower.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2060. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:action_admin/paysubscriptions.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21307 (Invision Power Board 2.x.x < 04-25-06 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

Upgrading to version 2.1.x eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (21307), OSVDB (25008†), Secunia (SA19830†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11357†). See VDB-29934 and VDB-29932 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Nessus ID: 21307
Nessus Name: Invision Power Board 2.x.x < 04-25-06 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IP.Board 2.1.x

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: invisioncommunity.com

Advisory: forums.invisionpower.com
Researcher: IceShaman, Wells
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-2060 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2060
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29933
X-Force: 26072
Secunia: 19830 - Invision Power Board Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 25008 - Invision Power Board action_admin/paysubscriptions.php name Variable Traversal Arbitrary PHP File Inclusion
Vulnerability Center: 11357 - Invision Power Board Directory Traversal allows Arbitrary PHP Files Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1534

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/12/2021 08:52
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (61), 08/06/2017 15:12 (11), 07/12/2021 08:51 (4), 07/12/2021 08:52 (1)
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