Help Center Live module.php file Parameter Local File Inclusion

high Nessus Plugin ID 20223

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is affected by a local file file include vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running Help Center Live, a help desk tool written in PHP.

The remote version of Help Center Live fails to sanitize input to the 'file' parameter of the 'module.php' script before using it in a PHP include_once() function. Regardless of PHP's 'register_globals' setting, an unauthenticated attacker can exploit this issue to read files and possibly execute arbitrary PHP code on the affected host subject to the privileges of the web server user id.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20223

File Name: hcl_file_include.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 11/18/2005

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3639

BID: 15404, 19256

Detections

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