CMS Made Simple admin/lang.php nls Parameter Remote File Inclusion

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19551

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is vulnerable to remote file include attacks.

Description

The remote host appears to be running CMS Made Simple, a content management system written in PHP.

The version of CMS Made Simple installed on the remote host fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'nls' parameter of the 'admin/lang.php' script before using it to include PHP code. By leveraging this flaw, an attacker may be able to view arbitrary files on the remote host and execute arbitrary PHP code, possibly taken from third-party hosts.

Solution

Upgrade to CMS Made Simple 0.10.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/409654

https://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/topic,1554.0.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19551

File Name: cmsmadesimple_nls_file_include.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/1/2005

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2846

BID: 14709