PHP iCalendar index.php script allows file include
| php icalendar-index-file-include (22864) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PHP iCalendar could allow execution of arbitrary code. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted cookie in a URL request to the index.php script using the phpicalendar cookie parameter to include malicious PHP code from a remote system which would enable the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
Platforms Affected:
- PHP iCalendar, PHP iCalendar 2.0.1
- PHP iCalendar, PHP iCalendar 2.0a2
- PHP iCalendar, PHP iCalendar 2.0b
- PHP iCalendar, PHP iCalendar 2.0c
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest CVS version of PHP iCalendar, available from the PHP iCalendar Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Fri Oct 07 2005 - 04:32:45 CDT, PHP iCalendar CSS at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0512.html.
- PHP iCalendar Main Page, PHP iCalendar Documentation at http://www.phpicalendar.net/index.php?page=calendar.
- ush.it - a beautiful place, PHP iCalendar CSS at http://www.ush.it/2005/10/25/php-icalendar-css/.
- BID-15193: PHP ICalendar Default_View Remote File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-3366: PHP file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in PHP iCalendar 2.0a2 through 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code and include arbitrary local files via the phpicalendar cookie. NOTE: this is not a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue as claimed by the original researcher.
- SA17328: PHP iCalendar "phpicalendar" File Inclusion Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1015102: PHP iCalendar Input Validation Holes Permit Remote Code Execution and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-2204: PHP iCalendar phpicalendar Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability
Reported:
Oct 25, 2005
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