Visual Events Calendar calendar.php file include
| visualevents-calendar-file-include (28267) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Visual Events Calendar could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the calendar.php script using the 'cfg_dir' parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Aug 07 2006 - 14:35:51 CDT : Visual Events Calendar v1.1 (cfg_dir) Remote Inclusion Vulnerability.
- PHP Visual Events Calendar Web site: Visual Events Calendar v1.1.
- BID-19395: Visual Events Calendar Calendar.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4060: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in calendar.php in Visual Events Calendar 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the cfg_dir parameter.
- SA21391: Visual Events Calendar "cfg_dir" File Inclusion Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016646: Visual Events Calendar Include File Bug in `cfg_dir` Parameter Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3201: Visual Events Calendar cfg_dir Parameter Handling Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- ABC Dating Visual Events Calendar 1.1
Reported:
Aug 07, 2006
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