Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in include.php in PHPKIT 1.6.1 Release 2 and earlier, with allow_url_fopen enabled, allows remote attackers to conduct PHP remote file include attacks via a path parameter that specifies a (1) UNC share or (2) ftps URL, which bypasses the check for "http://", "ftp://", and "https://" URLs.
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.
Exploit-DB 1
- PHPKIT 1.6.1R2 - 'filecheck' Remote Command Execution EDB-1501 · webapps · Feb 16, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1015640 vdb-entry
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/phpkit_161r2_incl_xpl.html
- 445 third-party-advisory
- 20060216 PHPKIT >= 1.6.1r2 arbitrary local/remote inclusion (unproperly patched in previous versions) mailing-list