David Bennett PHP-Post 1.0.1 footer.php template path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in David Bennett PHP-Post 1.0.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file footer.php. This manipulation of the argument template causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-4878. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in David Bennett PHP-Post 1.0.1 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file footer.php. The manipulation of the argument template with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in footer.php in David Bennett PHP-Post (PHPp) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the template parameter. NOTE: this was later reported to affect 1.0.1, and demonstrated for code execution by uploading and accessing an avatar file.

The weakness was published 09/16/2006 by HACKERS PAL (Kacper) (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4878 since 09/19/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Kacper and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as functional. 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:footer.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 (29673), Exploit-DB (2593), SecurityFocus (BID 20616†), OSVDB (28964†) and Secunia (SA22014†). Similar entries are available at VDB-32368, VDB-32367, VDB-32366 and VDB-32364. 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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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Functional
Author: Kacper
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Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: HACKERS PAL (Kacper)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4878 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4878
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32365
X-Force: 29673 - PHP-Post footer.php avatar upload code execution
SecurityFocus: 20616 - PHP-Post Avatar Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Secunia: 22014 - PHP-Post Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 28964 - PHP-Post footer.php template Parameter Remote File Inclusion
Vupen: ADV-2006-3688

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

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 07/30/2024 13:47
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (61), 08/04/2018 09:45 (13), 07/30/2024 13:47 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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