Phpkobo AdFreely 1.01 staff/file.php LANG_CODE path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Phpkobo AdFreely 1.01. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file staff/file.php. Such manipulation of the argument LANG_CODE leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-1057. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phpkobo AdFreely 1.01. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file staff/file.php. The manipulation of the argument LANG_CODE with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Phpkobo AdFreely (aka Ad Board Script) 1.01, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..// (dot dot slash slash) in the LANG_CODE parameter to common.inc.php in (1) codelib/cfg/, (2) codelib/sys/, (3) staff/, and (4) staff/app/; and (5) staff/file.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was presented 03/15/2010 (Website). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1057 since 03/23/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by ITSecTeam and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available 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 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:staff/file.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 (56865), Exploit-DB (11722), SecurityFocus (BID 38731†), OSVDB (63232†) and Secunia (SA38947†). See VDB-52304, VDB-52303, VDB-52302 and VDB-52301 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: ITSecTeam
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-1057 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1057
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52298
X-Force: 56865
SecurityFocus: 38731 - Phpkobo Multiple Products 'LANG_CODE' Parameter Local File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 38947
OSVDB: 63232 - AdFreely staff/file.php LANG_CODE Parameter Traversal Local File Inclusion
Vupen: ADV-2010-0611

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/03/2026 01:25
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (53), 08/22/2017 11:34 (13), 01/17/2025 13:12 (16), 05/03/2026 01:25 (2)
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