Xero Portal admin_extensions.php phpbb_root_path privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Xero Portal. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file admin_extensions.php. This manipulation of the argument phpbb_root_path causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-0561. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Xero Portal (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin_extensions.php. The manipulation of the argument phpbb_root_path 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.

The weakness was disclosed 01/25/2007 by xoron (Mehmet Ince) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-0561 since 01/30/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Mehmet Ince 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. 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_extensions.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 (31767), Exploit-DB (3192), SecurityFocus (BID 22227†), OSVDB (31978†) and Secunia (SA23952†). The entries VDB-34689, VDB-84966, VDB-84968 and VDB-84969 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Mehmet Ince
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: xoron (Mehmet Ince)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-0561 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0561
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84967
X-Force: 31767
SecurityFocus: 22227 - Digitalxero Xero Portal PHPBB_Root_Path Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23952 - Xero Portal "phpbb_root_path" File Inclusion Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 31978 - Xero Portal admin_extensions.php phpbb_root_path Parameter Remote File Inclusion
Vupen: ADV-2007-0338

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 05/08/2016 21:27
Updated: 08/19/2024 08:47
Changes: 05/08/2016 21:27 (62), 12/08/2018 14:34 (5), 08/08/2022 17:44 (3), 08/19/2024 08:47 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:05A:103

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