23022 : FarsiNews show_archives.php template Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
3	368	over 6 years ago	over 2 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2006-02-10	2006-02-10

Description

FarsiNews contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to view files outside of the web path. The issue is due to the show_archives.php not properly sanitizing user input, specifically traversal style attacks (../../) supplied via the 'template' variable. This may lead to an unauthorized password exposure. It is possible to gain access to plain text passwords, which may lead to a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.5.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

FarsiNewsTeam	FarsiNews	2.1
		2.5
		2.5.3

References

Bugtraq ID: 16580
Secunia Advisory ID: 18768
CVE ID: 2006-0660 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 23020 23021
ISS X-Force ID: 24598
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-0506
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0156.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://forum.farsinewsteam.com/index.php?showtopic=71
http://forum.farsinewsteam.com/index.php?showtopic=76
Vendor URL: http://www.farsinewsteam.com/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.hamid.ir/security/farsinews2-5.txt

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Hamid Ebadi - adminhamid.ir - Hamid Network Security Team

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.4
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-02-13 | Disagree?

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