National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2516

Overview

mainfile.php in XOOPS 2.0.13.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to overwrite variables such as $xoopsOption['nocommon'] and conduct directory traversal attacks or include PHP files via (1) xoopsConfig[language] to misc.php or (2) xoopsConfig[theme_set] to index.php, as demonstrated by injecting PHP sequences into a log file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled, and that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.}

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1895

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1895

External Source: BID

Name: 18061

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18061

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060521 XOOPS <= 2.0.13.2 'xoopsOption[nocommon]' exploit

Type: Advisory; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/434698/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 25683

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25683

External Source: SREASON

Name: 934

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/934

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20176

Type: Advisory; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20176

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 1811

Hyperlink:http://milw0rm.com/exploits/1811