Sponge News up to 2.2 news.php sndir file inclusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sponge News up to 2.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file news.php. The manipulation of the argument sndir leads to file inclusion. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-4647. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sponge News up to 2.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file news.php. The manipulation of the argument sndir with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in news.php in Sponge News 2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the sndir parameter.

The weakness was released 09/05/2006 by SHiKaA (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4647 since 09/08/2006. 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 public exploit are known.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:news.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 (28758), Exploit-DB (2309), SecurityFocus (BID 19862†), OSVDB (28554†) and Secunia (SA21760†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: File inclusion
CWE: CWE-73
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

09/05/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: SHiKaA
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4647 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4647
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32171
X-Force: 28758 - Sponge News news.php file include
SecurityFocus: 19862 - Sponge News News.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 21760 - Sponge News "sndir" File Inclusion Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 28554 - Sponge News news.php sndir Parameter Remote File Inclusion
Vupen: ADV-2006-3474

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 07/18/2024 09:30
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (64), 09/23/2017 17:56 (3), 07/18/2024 09:30 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:322:103

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