Agner Fog aForum 1.32 common/errormsg.php header file inclusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Agner Fog aForum 1.32 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file common/errormsg.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument header can lead to file inclusion. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-2634. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Agner Fog aForum 1.32 (Forum Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file common/errormsg.php. The manipulation of the argument header 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. CVE summarizes:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in common/errormsg.php in aForum 1.32 and possibly earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the header parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The weakness was shared 05/10/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-2634 since 05/13/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by ThE TiGeR and been published before and not just 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:common/errormsg.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 (34202), Exploit-DB (3884), OSVDB (35906†) and Secunia (SA25224†). The entry VDB-36715 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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
Author: ThE TiGeR
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Suricata ID: 2003736
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2634 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2634
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36754
X-Force: 34202
Secunia: 25224 - AForum "CommonAbsDir" and "header" File Inclusion, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 35906 - AForum common/errormsg.php header Parameter Remote File Inclusion

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

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 05/26/2025 21:14
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (51), 08/11/2017 04:33 (17), 05/26/2025 21:14 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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