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Sphider settings_dir Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerability Vulnerability Scan


Vulnerability Scan Summary
Tries to read /etc/passwd using Sphider

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test

Synopsis :

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is affected by a
remote file include issue.

Description :

The remote host is running Sphider, an open-source web spider and
search engine written in PHP.

The version of Sphider installed on the remote host fails to sanitize
user-supplied input to the 'settings_dir' parameter of the
'admin/configset.php' script before using it in a PHP 'include()'
function. Provided PHP's 'register_globals' setting is enabled, an
unauthenticated attacker may be able to exploit this issue to view
arbitrary files on the remote host or to execute arbitrary PHP code,
possibly taken from third-party hosts.

See also :

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/sphider_poc.pl
http://www.cs.ioc.ee/~ando/sphider/forum/board_entry.php?id=2643

Solution :

Edit the affected script as described in the vendor forum posting
referenced above.

Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 6
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N)

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