osCSS2 "_ID" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   Stefan Schurtz has discovered a vulnerability in osCSS2, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed to the "_ID" parameter in content.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 2.1.0 RC prod. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
osCSS 2.x
     
Solution   Fixed in the SVN repository.
     
CVE   CVE-2011-4713
     
References   SSCHADV2011-034:
http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-034.txt
osCSS2:
http://forums.oscss.org/2-security/oscss2-id-parameter-local-file-inclusion-t1999.html#p11194
http://oscss.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/oscss?view=revision&
revision=3872
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
Misc : Local File Inclusion - suspicious /etc/passwd found in URL
3.5.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2011-11-09 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote