Info

Disclosure

Oct 15, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

PunBB contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands or disclose protected files. The issue is due to include/common.php not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the 'language' variable. This may allow an attacker to include a local file from the 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 Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.14 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Rickard Andersson

PunBB

1.2.13

References

Security Tracker: 1017131
CVE ID: 2006-5735 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 22622
Related OSVDB ID: 30133 30134
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-4256
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-10/0487.html
Generic Exploit URL: http://immunitysec.com
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.punbb.org/changelogs/1.2.13_to_1.2.14.txt
Other Advisory URL: http://www.wargan.org/index.php/2006/10/29/4-punbb-1213-multiple-vulnerabilities

Credit

nms - nmswargan.org - http://www.wargan.org/

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/30132