Pro Chat Rooms 3.0.2 sendData.php path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pro Chat Rooms 3.0.2. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file sendData.php. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-6502. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Pro Chat Rooms 3.0.2 (Chat Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file sendData.php. The manipulation 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Pro Chat Rooms 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to select an arbitrary local PHP script as an avatar via a .. (dot dot) in the avatar parameter, and cause other users to execute this script by using sendData.php to send a message to (1) an individual user or (2) a room, leading to cross-site request forgery (CSRF), cross-site scripting (XSS), or other impacts.

The weakness was disclosed 03/20/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-6502 since 03/20/2009. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by ZynbER 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 highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:sendData.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 (47242), Exploit-DB (7409), SecurityFocus (BID 32758†), OSVDB (50697†) and Secunia (SA33088†). The entry VDB-47226 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: ZynbER
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OpenVAS ID: 900331
OpenVAS Name: Directory Traversal And XSS Vulnerability In Pro Chat Rooms
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12/10/2008 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-6502 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6502
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47227
X-Force: 47242 - Pro Chat Rooms sendData.php cross-site request forgery
SecurityFocus: 32758 - Pro Chat Rooms 'gud' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 33088 - Pro Chat Rooms Cross-Site Scripting and Script Insertion, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 50697 - Pro Chat Rooms sendData.php avatar Parameter Traversal CSRF

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

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 11/18/2024 01:42
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (56), 12/11/2017 08:11 (17), 11/18/2024 01:42 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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