netVigilance Vulnerability intelligence since 2004

Archived document Original netVigilance advisory, published November 27 2006. Preserved as published — the advisory text and version numbers are unchanged; it is shown here converted from the original HTML page.

advisory0009 · CVE-2006-6113 · published 2006-11-27

Monkey Boards version 0.3.5 Multiple Path Disclosure Vulnerabilities

archived risk: low

Current status

This advisory describes a vulnerability from 2006. It is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and there is no active remediation deadline. The page is kept online because other security databases link to it.

CVE reference CVE-2006-6113
In KEV catalog no
Affected software Monkeyboards 0.3.5 and earlier.
Captured from netvigilance.com

Original document

Reproduced as it was published, including the advisory numbering, scoring and the disclosure timeline used at the time.

converted from html as published 2006-11-27
Description:

Monkey Boards is a fully-featured message board system suitable for smaller web sites. Build a virtual online community where users can post and reply to anyone. It is coded in PHP and uses an SQLite database. Due to program flaws it is possible for the remote attacker to disclose the true path of the server-side script.

External References:
Mitre CVE: CVE-2006-6113
NVD NIST: CVE-2006-6113
OSVDB: 30683  30684

Summary:
Monkey Boards is a fully-featured message board system suitable for smaller web sites. Build a virtual online community where users can post and reply to anyone. It is coded in PHP and uses an SQLite database.
A security problem in the product allows attackers to gather the true path of the server-side script.

Release Date:
November 27 2006

Severity:
Risk: Low

CVSS Metrics
Access Vector: Remote
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: not-required
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: None
Impact Bias: Normal
CVSS Base Score: 2.3

Target Distribution on Internet: Low

Exploitability: Functional Exploit
Remediation Level: Official Fix
Report Confidence: Confirmed

Vulnerability Impact: Attack
Host Impact: Path disclosure.

SecureScout Testcase ID:
TC 17939

Vulnerable Systems:
Monkeyboards 0.3.5 and earlier.

Vulnerability Type:
Program flaw - The admin_auth.inc.php and class.compiler.php scripts has flaws which lead to a Warning or even Fatal Errors.

Vendor Status:
The Vendor has been notified. Project Administrator James Greenwood has released version 0.3.5a that fixes the problems. Please goto :http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=165094 to download latest version.

Solution:
Upgrade to version 0.3.5a or above to remedy this problem

Workaround:
Disable warning messages: modify in the php.ini file following line display_errors = Off .
Or modify .htaccess file (this will work only for the apache servers).

Example:
HTTP REQUEST http://[TARGET]/[monkeyboards-directory]/include/engine/class.compiler.php

REPLY
...
<!--error--><br /> <b>Fatal error</b>: Class template_lite_compiler: Cannot inherit from undefined class template_lite in <b[FULL PATH TO FILE]class.compiler.php</b> on line <b>27</b><br /> <br />
...

or

HTTP REQUEST http://[TARGET]/[monkeyboards-directory]/include/admin_auth.inc.php

REPLY
...
<!--error--><br /> <b>Fatal error</b>: Call to undefined function: logged_in() in <b>[FULL PATH TO FILE]admin_auth.inc.php</b> on line <b>3</b><br />
...

Credits:
Jesper Jurcenoks
Co-founder netVigilance, Inc
www.netvigilance.com
Original URL: /advisory0009.html · preserved at the same address

Why this page still exists

Advisories published between 2004 and 2015 are referenced by vulnerability databases, academic papers and mailing list archives. Removing them would break those references, so every advisory keeps its original address and its original text. Nothing on this page has been rewritten to match current practice.