Directnews Direct News 4.10.2 admin/menu.php adminroot code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Directnews Direct News 4.10.2. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library library/lib.menu.php of the file admin/menu.php. The manipulation of the argument adminroot leads to code injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-1342. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Directnews Direct News 4.10.2. This issue affects an unknown function in the library library/lib.menu.php of the file admin/menu.php. The manipulation of the argument adminroot with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Direct News 4.10.2, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the rootpath parameter to (1) admin/menu.php and (2) library/lib.menu.php; and the adminroot parameter to (3) admin/media/update_content.php and (4) library/class.backup.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was released 03/26/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1342 since 04/09/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by mat 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/menu.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 Exploit-DB (11882), SecurityFocus (BID 38975†), OSVDB (63233†) and Secunia (SA39106†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: mat
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OpenVAS ID: 100556
OpenVAS Name: Direct News Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
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03/25/2010 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-1342 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1342
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52661
SecurityFocus: 38975 - Direct News Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 39106 - Direct News File Inclusion Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 63233 - Direct News admin/menu.php rootpath Parameter Remote File Inclusion

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 03/15/2025 13:58
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (52), 08/16/2017 04:19 (19), 03/15/2025 13:58 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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