[29515] in bugtraq
Re: PHPNuke viewpage.php allows Remote File retrieving
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin)
Thu Mar 27 19:26:02 2003
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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:08:26 -0600
From: Kevin <lists@phantox.com>
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I have just checked 5 different 6.5 installs some of which have been
upgraded from previous 6.5 beta's and this file most definattly does not
exist under 6.5
admin@gaylenandmargie.com wrote:
>In-Reply-To: <20030326022821.48e4e54f.negative@magnesium.net>
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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:
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>>>>viewpage.php is a part of PHPNuke.
>>>>The Script allows an attacker to view all files on the System.
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>>>>Example:
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>>>>http://server.com/viewpage.php?file=/etc/passwd
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>>>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
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>>it's repeatable on PHP-Nuke 6.5.
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>>--
>> Jim Geovedi <negative@magnesium.net>
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> 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?
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