bugtraq - Re: PHPNuke viewpage.php allows Remote File retrieving

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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:08:26 -0600
From: Kevin <lists@...ntox.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: PHPNuke viewpage.php allows Remote File retrieving


I have just checked 5 different 6.5 installs some of which have been 
upgraded from previous 6.5 beta's and this file most definattly does not 
exist under 6.5

admin@...lenandmargie.com wrote:

>In-Reply-To: <20030326022821.48e4e54f.negative@...nesium.net>
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>>From: Jim Geovedi <negative@...nesium.net>
>>To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
>>Subject: Re: PHPNuke viewpage.php allows Remote File retrieving
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>>On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:59:26 -0600 DaiTengu wrote:
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>>>>viewpage.php is a part of PHPNuke.
>>>>The Script allows an attacker to view all files on the System.
>>>>
>>>>Example:
>>>>
>>>>http://server.com/viewpage.php?file=/etc/passwd
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>umm, what version of phpNuke is vulnerable to this? as far as I'm
>>>aware, there has not been any viewpage.php since before 5.0...
>>>
>>>I beleive this was reported then as well. 
>>>reguardless, this is not true with 6.0
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>>>
>>it's repeatable on PHP-Nuke 6.5.
>>
>>-- 
>>	Jim Geovedi <negative@...nesium.net>
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> I have the vanilla 6.5 and there is no viewpage.php file in the package 
>that I can find.  Are you sure that this isn't in an addon?  Or possibly 
>left over from a previous version that was never cleared out when phpnuke 
>was updated?
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