Release Date: 2004-01-15
Critical: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Software: PhpDig 1.6.x
Description:
FraMe has reported a vulnerability in PhpDig, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to missing validation of input supplied to the "$relative_script_path" variable in "includes/config.php". This can be exploited to include arbitrary local or remote scripts.
The vulnerability has been reported in all 1.6.x versions.
Solution:
Protect the "includes" directory with .htaccess or similar.
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified or paths to include files are set to fixed values.
Provided and/or discovered by:
FraMe
Source: Secunia