aWebNews "path_to_news" Parameter Handling Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in aWebNews, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to input validation errors in the "listing.php" and "visview.php" scripts that do not validate the "path_to_news", 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:
aWebNews version 1.5 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2007-1247
     
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 
2007-03-05 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote