SimpleBBS posts.php command execution
| simplebbs-posts-command-execution (25788) |  High Risk |
Description:
SimpleBBS could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input in the posts.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Simplemedia.org, SimpleBBS 1.0
- Simplemedia.org, SimpleBBS 1.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Bugtraq Mailing List, Wed Apr 12 2006 - 18:28:20 CDT, SimpleBBS v1.1(posts.php) remote command execution at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0242.html.
- SimpleBBS Web site, home page at http://www.simplemedia.org/.
- BID-17501: SimpleBBS Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1800: Directory traversal vulnerability in posts.php in SimpleBBS 1.0.6 through 1.1 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via .. sequences in the language cookie, as demonstrated by by injecting the code into the gl_session cookie of users.php, which is stored in error.log.
Reported:
Apr 12, 2006
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