phphelpdesk-lfisql.txt

`phphelpdesk version 0.6.16 (latest)  
  
http://phphelpdesk.sourceforge.net  
  
phphelpdesk Multiple vulnerabilities  
  
PhpHelpDesk is a popular solution for people looking for a way to manage their helpdesk tickets.  
Presently there exists 2 vulnerabilites that affect the inegrity of systems who run the software.  
The first of which is a local file inclusuion vulnerability. Problem exists in the GET'd variable  
whatdodo. Its supposed to point to a series of pages, but the filter fails to catch users going  
outside the lines with a little trailing null bye. Here is an example:  
  
http://helpdesk.example/index.php?whattodo=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00  
  
Reading files seems bad, but not that bad. The second vulnerability in question is the SQL  
Injection at the login page. Yes, the classic ' or 1=1/* injection still holds true in the  
login procedures of this app.   
  
I've emailed the project dev on sourceforge and am awaiting a response.   
  
Happy hacking.   
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