Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in aff_news.php in FreeNews 2.1 allows remote attackers to include local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the chemin parameter, when the aff_news parameter is not set to "1."
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 1
- Freenews 1.1 - 'Aff_News.php' Remote File Inclusion EDB-28875 · webapps · Oct 30, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20061028 freenews---> fileinclude mailing-list
- 20795 vdb-entry
- 1822 third-party-advisory
- 20061031 Re: freenews---> fileinclude mailing-list
- 20061030 Re: freenews---> fileinclude mailing-list
- freenews-affnews-file-include(29896) vdb-entry