Hello Luca, Sunday, May 30, 2004 you wrote: LF> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- LF> Hash: SHA1 LF> There is a vulnerability in PHPNuke that permits execution of arbitrary LF> SQL queries on a database located in the same server of an attacker's LF> account. This is the procedure: first of all attacker must create a LF> symlink pointing to victim's db directory in PHPNuke home directory LF> because of mainfile.php include method. After that he can build a simple LF> php code executing a query to the PHPNuke database. Here is an example: I'm sure that such problems must be fixed not with some hacks like yours (checking domain name), but with webserver configuration (uid and permissions, php abilities (like safe mode or open_base_dir option) etc.) -- Best regards, Alexander GQ Gerasiov <bugtaq@xxxxxxxx>
