BBClone "BBC_LIB_PATH" Parameter Handling Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in BBClone, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to an input validation error in the "lib/selectlang.php" script that does not validate the "BBC_LIB_PATH" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious PHP scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
BBClone version 0.4.9 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to BBClone version 0.4.9a : http://bbclone.de/download.phpA fix is available via CVS : http://cvsweb.bbclone.de/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/bbclone/
     
CVE   CVE-2007-0508
     
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 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2007-01-24 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote