PHPOpenChat PHP file include
| phpopenchat-file-include (19721) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PHPOpenChat could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the yabbse/poc.php script using the sourcedir parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.
Platforms Affected:
- PHPOpenChat, PHPOpenChat 3.0.1 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PHPOpenChat (3.0.2 or later), available from the PHPOpenChat Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Sep 06 2006 - 14:17:11 CDT , WDT :-phpopenchat-3.0.* ($sourcedir) Remote File Inclusion Exploit at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-09/0076.html.
- PHPOpenChat Web site, PHPOpenChat, PHP based free live Chat Server Software at http://phpopenchat.org/.
- BID-12817: PHPOpenChat Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-0862: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in PHPOpenChat 3.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the phpbb_root_path parameter to (1) poc_loginform.php or (2) phpbb/poc.php, the poc_root_path parameter to (3) phpbb/poc.php, (4) phpnuke/ENGLISH_poc.php, (5) phpnuke/poc.php, or (6) yabbse/poc.php, or (7) the sourcedir parameter to yabbse/poc.php.
- OSVDB ID: 14807: PHPOpenChat poc_loginform.php phpbb_root_path Variable Remote File Inclusion
- OSVDB ID: 14808: PHPOpenChat poc.php poc_root_path Variable Remote File Inclusion
- OSVDB ID: 14809: PHPOpenChat ENGLISH_poc.php Remote File Inclusion
- SA14600: PHPOpenChat "sourcedir" File Inclusion Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1013434: PHPOpenChat Include File Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands
Reported:
Mar 16, 2005
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