Uploader /uploads directory file upload
| uploader-uploads-file-upload (11467) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Uploader could allow a remote attacker to bypass password authentication and upload malicious PHP files. By default, the $ADMIN[RequirePass] variable in the setup.php script is set to "No". A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing a malicious PHP file to the /uploads directory, which would allow the attacker to upload the specified external PHP file to the system. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute commands on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Graeme, Uploader 1.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, 2003-03-04 17:12:13, uploader.php script at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104680304728979&w=2.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Mar 03 2003 - 18:15:47 CST , uploader.php vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-03/0062.html.
- CVE-2003-1552: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploader.php in Uploader 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in uploads/.
Reported:
Mar 03, 2003
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