Info

Disclosure

Jan 31, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

SPIP contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to forum.php3 not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the 'id_article' and 'id_forum' variables. This may allow an attacker to include a file from a remote host that contains arbitrary commands which will be executed by the vulnerable script.

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to SVN snapshot 5546 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

SPIP	SPIP	1.8.2-e
		1.9 Alpha 2 (5539)

References

Security Tracker: 1015556
Secunia Advisory ID: 18676
CVE ID: 2006-0517 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 22844 22846 22847 22848 22849
ISS X-Force ID: 24397
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-0398
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0990.html
Vendor URL: http://www.spip.net/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=8650/
Keyword: ZRCSA-200601

Credit

Sieg Fried - Siegfriedzone-h.org - Zone-H Research Center

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/22845