snews 1.5.29/1.5.30 snews.php imagefile Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in snews 1.5.29/1.5.30. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file snews.php. Such manipulation of the argument imagefile leads to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0261. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in snews 1.5.29/1.5.30 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file snews.php. The manipulation of the argument imagefile with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

snews.php in sNews 1.5.30 and earlier does not properly exit when authentication fails, which allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized administrative actions, as demonstrated by changing an administrative password via the changeup task, and by uploading PHP code via the imagefile parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 01/12/2007 by rgod (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0261 since 01/16/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/17/2024).

A public exploit has been developed by rgod and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as functional. By approaching the search of inurl:snews.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31535), Exploit-DB (3116), SecurityFocus (BID 22025†), OSVDB (32817†) and Secunia (SA23746†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Functional
Author: rgod
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/11/2007 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: rgod
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-0261 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0261
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34412
X-Force: 31535 - sNews image file upload
SecurityFocus: 22025 - sNews SNews.PHP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 23746 - sNews Authentication Bypass Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 32817 - sNews snews.php Authentication Bypass

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/17/2024 20:23
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (55), 08/17/2018 07:03 (11), 08/17/2024 20:23 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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