GuppY "selskin" Parameter Local and Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in GuppY, which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by input validation errors in the "inc/includes.inc" and "inc/boxleft.inc" scripts when processing the "selskin" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include remote PHP scripts or disclose the contents of local files with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
GuppY version 4.6.3 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to GuppY version 4.6.4 : http://www.freeguppy.org/download.php?lng=en
     
CVE   CVE-2007-5844
     
References  
     
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
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2007-11-06 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote