Middlebury College Segue CMS up to 1.5.8 themesettings.inc.php themesdir file inclusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Middlebury College Segue CMS up to 1.5.8. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file themesettings.inc.php. This manipulation of the argument themesdir causes file inclusion. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-5497. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Middlebury College Segue CMS up to 1.5.8 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file themesettings.inc.php. The manipulation of the argument themesdir with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in themes/program/themesettings.inc.php in Segue CMS 1.5.8 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the themesdir parameter.

The weakness was published 10/20/2006 by nuffsaid (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5497 since 10/24/2006. 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.

A public exploit has been developed by nuffsaid and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit 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:themesettings.inc.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22922 (Segue CMS themesettings.inc.php themesdir Parameter Remote File Inclusion), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

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 (29692), Exploit-DB (2600), Tenable (22922), SecurityFocus (BID 20640†) and OSVDB (29904†). Similar entry is available at VDB-32936. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: File inclusion
CWE: CWE-73
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: nuffsaid
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Nessus ID: 22922
Nessus Name: Segue CMS themesettings.inc.php themesdir Parameter Remote File Inclusion
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OpenVAS ID: 80085
OpenVAS Name: Segue CMS themesdir Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: nuffsaid
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5497 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5497
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32935
X-Force: 29692
SecurityFocus: 20640 - Segue CMS Themesdir Remote File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 22491 - Segue CMS "themesdir" File Inclusion Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 29904 - Segue CMS themesettings.inc.php Multiple Parameter Remote File Inclusion
Vulnerability Center: 12997 - Segue CMS Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability via a URL in the themesdir Parameter, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-4122

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

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/25/2026 08:57
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (66), 08/08/2017 08:49 (21), 07/30/2024 23:05 (17), 04/25/2026 08:57 (2)
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