Vortex Portal index.php act file inclusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vortex Portal. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument act leads to file inclusion. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0879. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vortex Portal (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument act with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 03/23/2005 by Francisco Alisson with Cisco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0879. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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 (19809), Exploit-DB (25261), SecurityFocus (BID 12878†), OSVDB (14959†) and Secunia (SA14707†). The entries VDB-24697 and VDB-24696 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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
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03/22/2005 🔍
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03/24/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2005 +1 days 🔍
04/14/2016 +4037 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Francisco Alisson
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82367
X-Force: 19809
SecurityFocus: 12878 - Vortex Portal Remote PHP File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 14707 - Vortex Portal Multiple File Inclusion Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 14959 - Vortex Portal index.php act Parameter Remote File Inclusion

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 04/14/2016 16:42
Updated: 12/29/2025 04:50
Changes: 04/14/2016 16:42 (44), 10/07/2018 08:41 (9), 07/24/2022 14:50 (3), 07/24/2022 14:54 (7), 12/29/2025 04:50 (21)
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