netVigilance Security Advisory #53
SAXON version 5.4 Multiple Path Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Description:
SAXON is a simple accessible online news publishing system for personal and
small corporate site owners. Publish news, using configurable templates, on any
.php page on your site. Publish news on a 'per author' basis. Edit and/or
delete existing news items. Create multiple RSS news feeds automatically (RSS
0.9, RSS 2.0 and Atom). Post date news items for later public release. Multiple
authors allowed. Ability to configure users as Standard or Administrators.
Ability to add/delete users (Administrators only). Option to change any user
password (Administrators only). Template creation/deletion/amendment interface.
Online setup and configuration.
External References:
Mitre CVE: CVE-2007-4861
NVD NIST: CVE-2007-4861
OSVDB: Unassigned
Summary:
SAXON is a simple accessible online news publishing system for personal and
small corporate site owners.
Security problems in the product allow attackers to gather the true path of the
server-side script.
Advisory URL:
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0053
Release Date:
10/29/2007
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Base Metrics:
Exploitability Metrics:
Access Vector:
Network
Access Complexity:
Low
Authentication:
None
Impact Metrics:
Confidentiality Impact:
Partial
Integrity Impact:
None
Availability Impact:
None
Temporal Metrics:
Exploitability:
Functional
Remediation Level:
Official Fix
Report Confidence:
Confirmed
CVSS Version 2 Vectors:
Base Vector:
"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"
Temporal Vector:
"E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"
CVSS Version 2 Scores:
Base Score:
5
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10
Temporal Score:
4.1
SecureScout Testcase ID:
TC 17990
Vulnerable Systems:
SAXON version 5.4
Vulnerability Type:
Program flaws - The product scripts have flaws which lead to Warnings or even
Fatal Errors.
Vendor:
Quirm
Vendor Status:
The Vendor has confirmed the problem and has release new version 5.41 that
addresses the problem. New version of product was tested and we can confirm
that all vulnerabilities were solved. For more information see vendor
announcement. To download the latest version go to vendors product download
area.
Workaround:
From netVigilance:
Disable warning messages: modify in the php.ini file following line:
display_errors = Off.
From vendor:
Modify .htaccess file to include 'php_flag register_globals off' (this will
work only for the Apache servers). Amend admin/config.php to include
'error_reporting(0);'
Update critical files in the /admin, /rss and root directory of the
installation (all MySQL error reporting removed)
Example:
Path Disclosure Vulnerability 1:
REQUEST:
http://[TARGET]/[PRODUCT DIRECTORY]/news.php
REPLY:
<b>Fatal error</b>: Call to undefined function: quotesmart() in <b>[DISCLOSED
PATH][PRODUCT DIRECTORY]\news.php</b> on line <b>15</b><br />
Path Disclosure Vulnerability 2:
REQUEST:
http://[TARGET]/[SAXON-DIRECTORY]/admin/edit-item.php?newsid[]=1
REPLY:
<b>Warning</b>: mysql_real_escape_string() expects parameter 1 to be string,
array given in <b>[DISCLOSED PATH][PRODUCT DIRECTORY]\admin\functions.php</b>
on line <b>48</b><br />
Credits:
Jesper Jurcenoks
Co-founder netVigilance, Inc
www.netvigilance.com
