OSVDB ID: 25749

Title: Nucleus PLUGINADMIN.php GLOBALS[DIR_LIBS] Parameter Remote File Inclusion

Info

Disclosure

May 23, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

May 23, 2006

Solution

Unknown

Description

Nucleus contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to PLUGINADMIN.php not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the "GLOBALS[DIR_LIBS]" variable. 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: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.23 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

The Nucleus Group

Nucleus

3.22

References

Security Tracker: 1016146
Bugtraq ID: 18097
Milw0rm: 1816
Exploit Database: 1816
CVE ID: 2006-2583 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 20219
ISS X-Force ID: 26606
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-1936
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0468.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://forum.nucleuscms.org/viewtopic.php?t=12304
Vendor URL: http://nucleuscms.org/
Other Advisory URL: http://retrogod.altervista.org/nucleus_322_incl_xpl.html

Credit

rgod - rgodautistici.org - http://retrogod.altervista.org

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/25749