DSChat Nickname field file include
| dschat-nickname-file-include (26642) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
DSChat could allow a remote attacker to include malicious PHP files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the login.php script using the 'Nickname' field to specify a malicious PHP file from a remote system, which would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system with the privileges of the Web server.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon May 22 2006 - 14:07:26 CDT : DSChat <= 1.0 XSS.
- Dvondrake Studios Web site: DSChat.
- CVE-2006-2592: Unspecified vulnerability in DSChat 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the Nickname field, which is not sanitized before creating a file in a user directory. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- OSVDB ID: 25735: DSChat Chat Nickname Arbitrary PHP Code Execution
- SA20258: DSChat Script Insertion and PHP Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1961: DSChat Remote Command Execution and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Dvondrake Studios DSChat 1.0
Reported:
May 24, 2006
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