Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in HotNews 0.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the (1) config[header] parameter to hotnews-engine.inc.php3 or (2) config[incdir] parameter to hnmain.inc.php3.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 3
- HotNews 0.7.2 - Remote File Inclusion EDB-12160 · webapps · Apr 11, 2010 · verified
- HotNews 0.x - 'hotnews-engine.inc.php3?config[header]' Remote File Inclusion EDB-23517 · webapps · Jan 5, 2004 · verified
- HotNews 0.x - 'config[incdir]' Remote File Inclusion EDB-23518 · webapps · Jan 5, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 3332 vdb-entry
- 20040104 HotNews arbitary file inclusion mailing-list
- 10551 third-party-advisory
- 1008608 vdb-entry
- 3405 vdb-entry
- hotnews-php-file-include(14140) vdb-entry
- 9357 vdb-entry
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=342594