[29484] in bugtraq
Re: PHPNuke viewpage.php allows Remote File retrieving
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (admin@gaylenandmargie.com)
Wed Mar 26 14:40:38 2003
Date: 25 Mar 2003 21:57:26 -0000
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>From: Jim Geovedi <negative@magnesium.net>
>To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
>Subject: Re: PHPNuke viewpage.php allows Remote File retrieving
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>On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:59:26 -0600 DaiTengu wrote:
>> > viewpage.php is a part of PHPNuke.
>> > The Script allows an attacker to view all files on the System.
>> >
>> > Example:
>> >
>> > http://server.com/viewpage.php?file=/etc/passwd
>>
>> umm, what version of phpNuke is vulnerable to this? as far as I'm
>> aware, there has not been any viewpage.php since before 5.0...
>>
>> I beleive this was reported then as well.
>> reguardless, this is not true with 6.0
>
>it's repeatable on PHP-Nuke 6.5.
>
>--
> Jim Geovedi <negative@magnesium.net>
>
I have the vanilla 6.5 and there is no viewpage.php file in the package
that I can find. Are you sure that this isn't in an addon? Or possibly
left over from a previous version that was never cleared out when phpnuke
was updated?
