[webapps / 0day] - Pulse CMS Basic Local File Inclusion Vuln
Posted on 05 December 2010
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd'><html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><head><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8' /><meta http-equiv='Content-Language' content='en' /><title>Pulse CMS Basic Local File Inclusion Vulnerability | Inj3ct0r - exploit database : vulnerability : 0day : shellcode</title><meta name='description' content='Pulse CMS Basic Local File Inclusion Vulnerability by Mark Stanislav in webapps / 0day | Inj3ct0r 1337 - exploit database : vulnerability : 0day : shellcode' /><link rel='shortcut icon' href='/favicon.ico' type='image/x-icon' /><link rel='alternate' type='application/rss+xml' title='Inj3ct0r RSS' href='/rss' /><script type='text/javascript'>var _gaq = _gaq || [];_gaq.push(["_setAccount", "UA-12725838-1"]);_gaq.push(["_setDomainName", "none"]);_gaq.push(["_setAllowLinker", true]);_gaq.push(["_trackPageview"]);(function(){var ga = document.createElement("script"); ga.type = "text/javascript"; ga.async = true;ga.src = ("https:" == document.location.protocol ? "https://ssl" : "http://www") + ".google-analytics.com/ga.js";var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);})();</script></head><body><pre>================================================== Pulse CMS Basic Local File Inclusion Vulnerability ================================================== I. DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------- A vulnerability exists in the 'includes/controller.php' script that allows for arbitrary local file inclusion due to a null-byte attack. II. TESTED VERSION --------------------------------------- Version 1.2.8 III. AFFECTED VERSIONS --------------------------------------- < 1.2.9 IV. PoC EXPLOIT --------------------------------------- http://www.example.com/index.php?p=/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00 V. NOTES --------------------------------------- * magic_quotes_gpc must be disabled for null-byte attacks to work * This issue did not affect Pulse CMS Pro according to the vendor VI. SOLUTION --------------------------------------- Upgrade all previously installed versions to 1.2.9 VII. REFERENCES --------------------------------------- http://pulsecms.com/ http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4330 http://www.uncompiled.com/2010/12/pulse-cms-basic-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-cve-2010-4330/ VIII. TIMELINE --------------------------------------- 11/24/2010: Initial vendor disclosure 11/25/2010: Vendor response that they had fixed the issue & updated the existing version (1.2.8) 11/25/2010: Replied to vendor inquiring if a new point release would be made and affected versions 11/26/2010: Vendor response noting a version increment was coming & vulnerable versions confirmation 11/26/2010: Pulse CMS Basic 1.2.9 released 12/05/2010: Public disclosure # <a href='http://1337db.com/'>1337db.com</a> [2010-12-05]</pre></body></html>
