Crafty Syntax Live Help "page" Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been discovered in Crafty Syntax Live Help, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "page" parameter in admin.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local or remote resources.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.4.1. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Crafty Syntax Live Help 3.x
     
Solution   No official solution is currently available.
     
CVE  
     
References   Packet Storm:
http://dl.packetstormsecurity.net/1304-exploits/craftysyntax-rfidisclose.txt
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : suspicious root_path parameter found in URL
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2013-04-22 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote