CMS-Bandits img.php spaw_root privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in CMS-Bandits. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file img.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument spaw_root can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-2928. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in CMS-Bandits (Content Management System) (the affected version unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file img.php. The manipulation of the argument spaw_root with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in CMS-Bandits 2.5 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the spaw_root parameter in (1) dialogs/img.php and (2) dialogs/td.php.

The weakness was disclosed 06/08/2006 by Federico Fazzi (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-2928 since 06/09/2006. The exploitation appears to be difficult. 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. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed by Federico Fazzi 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. By approaching the search of inurl:img.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 (27001), Exploit-DB (1890), OSVDB (26242†) and Secunia (SA20507†). The entry VDB-30729 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Federico Fazzi
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Federico Fazzi
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2928 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2928
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84052
X-Force: 27001
Secunia: 20507 - CMS-Bandits "spaw_root" File Inclusion Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 26242 - CMS-Bandits img.php spaw_root Parameter Remote File Inclusion
Vupen: ADV-2006-2211

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

Created: 05/08/2016 19:44
Updated: 08/25/2025 01:37
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:44 (62), 12/06/2018 09:46 (2), 08/25/2025 01:37 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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