wagora-disclose.txt

`netVigilance Security Advisory #15  
  
w-agora version 4.2.1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability   
  
Description:  
w-agora is a set of scripts written in PHP. This package is intended to allow users to share, exchange and publish information, files and discussions over the web.  
It is possible to disclose the contents of the globals.inc file and see the true server paths to the main scripts.  
Advisory URL:   
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0015   
  
External References:   
Mitre CVE: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0607  
NVD NIST: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-0607  
OSVDB: 31670 http://www.osvdb.com/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=31670   
  
Summary:   
w-agora is a set of scripts written in PHP intended to allow users to share, exchange and publish information, files and discussions over the web.   
A security issue in the product allows attackers to disclose the contents of the globals.inc file and see the true server paths to the main scripts.   
This vulnerabilities can be exploited only when PHP register_globals is On.  
  
Release Date: March 19 , 2007  
  
Severity:  
Risk: Low  
  
CVSS Metrics  
Access Vector: Remote  
Access Complexity: Low  
Authentication: not-required  
Confidentiality Impact: Partial  
Integrity Impact: None  
Availability Impact: None  
Impact Bias: Normal  
CVSS Base Score: 2.3  
  
Target Distribution on Internet: Low  
  
Exploitability: Functional Exploit  
Remediation Level: Workaround  
Report Confidence: Uncorroborated  
  
Vulnerability Impact: Attack  
Host Impact: Information disclosure.  
  
  
SecureScout Testcase ID:  
TC 17942  
  
Vulnerable Systems:  
w-agora version 4.2.1  
  
Vulnerability Type:  
Secury settings problem, read access to file globals.inc  
Vendor:  
Author Marc Druilhe.   
  
Vendor Status:   
The Vendor has been notified on January 30th 2007, and has not responded.  
Workaround:  
Set PHP register_globals to Off.  
Or modify .htaccess file (this will work only for the apache servers).  
  
Example:   
globals.inc File Content Disclosure Vulnerability:  
REQUEST:  
http://[TARGET]/[w-agora-directory]/globals.inc  
REPLY:  
Content of the file globals.inc  
Credits:   
Jesper Jurcenoks  
Co-founder netVigilance, Inc  
www.netvigilance.com  
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