Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-0519 - Information Disclosure vulnerability in SPIP

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
spip
nessus
NVD
Published: 2006-02-02
Updated: 2017-07-20

Summary

SPIP 1.8.2-e and earlier and 1.9 Alpha 2 (5539) and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to inc-messforum.php3, which reveals the path in an error message.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Spip
1

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idSPIP_SQL_INJECTION.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running SPIP, an open source CMS written in PHP. The remote version of this software is prone to SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks. An attacker could send specially crafted URL to modify SQL requests, for example, to obtain the admin password hash, or execute malicious script code on the remote system.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id20978
published2006-02-25
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20978
titleSPIP < 1.8.2-g Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
 script_id(20978);
 script_version("1.25");

 script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0517", "CVE-2006-0518", "CVE-2006-0519");
 script_bugtraq_id(16458, 16461);

 script_name(english:"SPIP < 1.8.2-g Multiple Vulnerabilities");
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server has a PHP application that is affected by
multiple flaws." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running SPIP, an open source CMS written in PHP. 

The remote version of this software is prone to SQL injection and
cross-site scripting attacks.  An attacker could send specially
crafted URL to modify SQL requests, for example, to obtain the admin
password hash, or execute malicious script code on the remote system." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423655/30/0/threaded" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2006/Jan/993" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to SPIP version 1.8.2-g or later." );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/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(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990);

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2006/02/25");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2006/01/31");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value: "cpe:/a:spip:spip");
script_end_attributes();

 
 summary["english"] = "Checks for SPIP SQL injection flaw";
 
 script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
 
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
 script_dependencie("http_version.nasl");
 script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 script_require_keys("www/PHP");
 exit(0);
}

#
# the code
#

 include("global_settings.inc");
 include("http_func.inc");
 include("http_keepalive.inc");
 include("misc_func.inc");

 port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded:TRUE);
 if (get_kb_item("Services/www/"+port+"/embedded")) exit(0);
 if (!can_host_php(port:port) ) exit(0);

 # Check a few directories.
 if (thorough_tests) dirs = list_uniq(make_list("/spip", cgi_dirs()));
 else dirs = make_list(cgi_dirs());

 foreach dir (dirs)
 { 
  files=make_list("forum.php3", "forum.php");
  foreach file (files)
  {
        magic = rand();
	req = http_get(item:string(dir,"/",file,'?id_article=1&id_forum=-1/**/UNION/**/SELECT%20', magic, '--'), port:port);
        res = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:req, bodyonly:TRUE);
        if (res == NULL) exit(0);

        if (string('value="&gt; ', magic, '" class="forml"') >< res) {
          security_hole(port);
	  set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/XSS', value: TRUE);
	  set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/SQLInjection', value: TRUE);
	  exit(0);
	}
  }
}

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