Re: PHPNuke viewpage.php allows Remote File retrieving

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> From: Jim Geovedi <negative () magnesium net>
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> Subject: Re: PHPNuke viewpage.php allows Remote File retrieving
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> On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:59:26 -0600 DaiTengu wrote:
> > > viewpage.php is a part of PHPNuke.
> > > The Script allows an attacker to view all files on the System.
> > >
> > > Example:
> > >
> > > http://server.com/viewpage.php?file=/etc/passwd
> >
> > umm, what version of phpNuke is vulnerable to this? as far as I'm
> > aware, there has not been any viewpage.php since before 5.0...
> >
> > I beleive this was reported then as well. 
> > reguardless, this is not true with 6.0
>
> it's repeatable on PHP-Nuke 6.5.
>
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>       Jim Geovedi <negative () magnesium net>
 I have the vanilla 6.5 and there is no viewpage.php file in the package 
that I can find.  Are you sure that this isn't in an addon?  Or possibly 
left over from a previous version that was never cleared out when phpnuke 
was updated?