# # This script is (C) Tenable Network Security # # # Ref: # From: "Peter Winter-Smith" # To: vuln@secunia.com # Cc: vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org # Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 09:15:47 +0000 # Subject: [VulnWatch] P-News 1.16 Admin Access Vulnerability if(description) { script_id(11669); script_version ("$Revision$"); name["english"] = "p-news Admin Access"; script_name(english:name["english"]); desc["english"] = " The remote host is running the p-news bulletin board. There is a flaw in the version in use which may allow an attacker who has a 'Member' account to upgrade its privileges to administrator by supplying a malformed username. Solution : Delete this CGI Risk Factor : Medium"; script_description(english:desc["english"]); summary["english"] = "Checks for the presence of p-news.php"; script_summary(english:summary["english"]); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Tenable Network Security", francais:"Ce script est Copyright (C) 2003 Tenable Network Security"); family["english"] = "CGI abuses"; family["francais"] = "Abus de CGI"; script_family(english:family["english"], francais:family["francais"]); script_dependencie("find_service.nes", "http_version.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); exit(0); } # # The script code starts here # include("http_func.inc"); include("http_keepalive.inc"); port = get_kb_item("Services/www"); if(!port) port = 80; if(!get_port_state(port))exit(0); function check(loc) { req = http_get(item:string(loc, "/p-news.php"), port:port); r = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:req); if( r == NULL )exit(0); if(egrep(pattern:"P-News ver. (0\.|1\.([0-9][^0-9]|1[0-7]))", string:r)) { security_hole(port); exit(0); } } dirs = make_list("", "/news", cgi_dirs()); foreach dir (dirs) { check(loc:dir); }