Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-2276 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Ultimate PHP Board Ultimate PHP Board 1.0

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
ultimate-php-board
CWE-200
nessus

Summary

Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.0 allows remote attackers to view the physical path of the message board via a direct request to add.php, which leaks the path in an error message.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ultimate_Php_Board
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idUPB_INFO_LEAK.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running Ultimate PHP Board (UPB). There is a flaw in this version that could allow an attacker to view private message board information.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id12198
published2004-04-05
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Edgeos, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/12198
titleUltimate PHP Board add.php Direct Request Information Disclosure
code
#
# This script was written by Erik Stephens <[email protected]>
#
# See the Nessus Scripts License for details
#

# Changes by Tenable:
# - Revised plugin title (4/9/2009)

include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
  script_id(12198);
  script_version ("1.15");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2002-2276");
  script_bugtraq_id(6333);

  script_name(english:"Ultimate PHP Board add.php Direct Request Information Disclosure");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:
"A web application on the remote host has an information disclosure
vulnerability."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"The remote host is running Ultimate PHP Board (UPB).  There is a flaw
in this version that could allow an attacker to view private message
board information."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:"Upgrade to the latest version of this software."
  );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
 script_cwe_id(200);
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2004/04/05");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2002/12/07");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/06 14:03:14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_summary(english:"Checks for UPB");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Edgeos, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
  script_dependencies("find_service1.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
  script_require_keys("www/PHP");
  exit(0);
}

# The script code starts here

include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80);
if (!can_host_php(port:port)) exit(0);

foreach d (list_uniq(make_list("/upb", "/board", cgi_dirs())))
{
  url = d + "/db/users.dat";
  res = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:url, port:port);
  if (isnull(res)) exit(1, "The web server on port "+port+" didn't respond.");
  if (egrep(pattern:"^Admin<~>", string:res[2]))
  {
    security_warning(port);
    exit(0);
  }
}