CVE-2008-1893
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedPHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in W2B Online Banking allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the ilang parameter.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceRemote File Inclusion (RFI) vulnerability in W2B Online Banking's index.php. The ilang parameter accepts a URL without proper validation, allowing attackers to include malicious remote PHP files and execute arbitrary code on the server.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate W2B Online Banking installationSearch the web root directory for index.php files that belong to W2B Online Banking. Look for directories containing banking-related files or search for the string 'W2B' or 'Online Banking' within PHP files.Affected if The W2B Online Banking application is found on the server
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Identify the ilang parameter usageOpen the index.php file in the W2B Online Banking directory and search for occurrences of 'ilang' in the code. Look for lines using $_GET['ilang'] or $_REQUEST['ilang'].Affected if The code contains direct usage of the ilang parameter from user input
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Verify lack of input validationExamine how the ilang parameter is handled. Check if the code uses include(), require(), or include_once() with the ilang parameter without sanitization functions like basename(), whitelist validation, or path traversal checks.Affected if The ilang parameter is passed to include/require without validation or sanitization
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Check PHP allow_url_include settingCreate a PHP script with phpinfo() or check php.ini for the allow_url_include directive. Run: grep -r 'allow_url_include' php.ini or check via phpinfo().Affected if allow_url_include is enabled (On) - this allows remote URL inclusion to succeed
You are affected if W2B Online Banking is installed and its index.php uses the ilang parameter in include/require statements without validating the input, combined with allow_url_include being enabled in PHP.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation for the ilang parameter - whitelist allowed values or disable allow_url_include, and use basename() or path traversal checks to prevent inclusion of arbitrary files.
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- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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