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CuteNews inc/function.php archive Parameter Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21119

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP script that allows reading of arbitrary files.

Description

The version of CuteNews installed on the remote host fails to properly sanitize the 'archive' parameter before using it to read a news file and return it. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to read arbitrary files on the remote host subject to permissions of the web server user id. In addition, malformed input may cause the application to reveal the installation path.

Note that successful exploitation of this issue requires that PHP's 'register_globals' setting be enabled.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2006/Mar/405

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21119

File Name: cutenews_archive_file_reading.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/22/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: www/cutenews

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1339

BID: 17152