MiniCWB "LANG" Parameter Remote File Inclusion Vulnerabilities


Description   Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in MiniCWB, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. These issues are caused by input validation errors in in the "language/en.inc.php", "language/hu.inc.php", "language/no.inc.php", "language/ro.inc.php" and "language/ru.inc.php" scripts when processing the "LANG" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
MiniCWB version 2.3.0 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2009-4693
     
References   http://evilc0de.blogspot.com/2009/07/minicwb-230-multiple-rfi-vuln.html
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/9204
     
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 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-07-21 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote