TikiWiki < 1.8.6 / 1.9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20185

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote host is running TikiWiki, an open source wiki application written in PHP.

The version of TikiWiki installed on the remote host fails to sanitize input to the 'language' parameter of the 'tiki-user_preferences.php' script before using it in a PHP 'include' function. An authenticated attacker can leverage this issue by specifying a path with directory traversal sequences to read arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary PHP code on the remote host, subject to the privileges of the web server user id.

In addition, it also fails to sanitize input to the 'suck_url' parameter of the 'tiki-editpage.php' script before using it to read files. With a specially crafted request, an unauthenticated attacker can exploit this issues to read arbitrary files on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to TikiWiki 1.8.6 / 1.9.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20185

File Name: tikiwiki_191.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 11/14/2005

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:tikiwiki:tikiwiki

Required KB Items: www/PHP, www/tikiwiki

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1925

BID: 15390, 15392

Detections

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