SH-News "news_cfg[path]" Parameter Handling Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in SH-News, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "misc.php" script that does not validate the "news_cfg[path]" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious PHP scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
SH-News (SCRIPTHOME-NEWS) version 0.93 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2006-6801
     
References  
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2006-12-26 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote