Habari Blog - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability ID: HTB22732
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/path_disclosure_in_habari.html
Product: Habari
Vendor: Habari ( http://habariproject.org/en/ ) 
Vulnerable Version: 0.6.5
Vendor Notification: 02 December 2010 
Vulnerability Type: Path disclosure
Status: Fixed by Vendor
Risk level: Low 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/system/admin/header.php" & "/system/admin/comments_items.php" script, it's possible to generate an error that will reveal the full path of the script.
A remote user can determine the full path to the web root directory and other potentially sensitive information.

Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:

http://[host]/system/admin/header.php
http://[host]/system/admin/comments_items.php

Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version


Vulnerability Details:
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.

The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/system/admin/dash_status.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "status_data" variable when register_globals is on. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.

Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:

http://habari/system/admin/dash_status.php?status_data[1]=<script>alert('XSS');</script>

Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version


Vulnerability Details:
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.

The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/system/admin/dash_additem.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "additem_form" variable when register_globals is on. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.

Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:

http://[host]/system/admin/dash_additem.php?additem_form=<script>alert('XSS');</script>

Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version