IdeaCart "page" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   nuclear has discovered a vulnerability in IdeaCart, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed to the "page" parameter in index.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 and URL-encoded NULL bytes.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.
This vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.02a. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
IdeaCart 0.x
     
Solution   Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
     
CVE   CVE-2009-5089
CVE-2009-5088
     
References   http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8049
     
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
Escaped NULL char in URL
3.2.0
Misc : Local File Inclusion - suspicious /etc/passwd found in URL
3.5.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-02-17 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote