Potato News "user" Parameter Handling Local File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Potato News, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "admin.php" script when processing the "user" cookie parameter, which could be exploited by attackers to include or disclose the contents of local files with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Potato News version 1.0.0 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2009-0722
     
References  
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : suspicious root_path parameter found in URL
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-02-11 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote