Visual Events Calendar calendar.php file include

visualevents-calendar-file-include (28267) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium 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.

Platforms Affected:

  • ABC Dating, Visual Events Calendar 1.1

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Aug 07 2006 - 14:35:51 CDT , Visual Events Calendar v1.1 (cfg_dir) Remote Inclusion Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0127.html.
  • PHP Visual Events Calendar Web site, Visual Events Calendar v1.1 at http://www.web-scripts.biz/calendar.php.
  • 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

Reported:

Aug 07, 2006

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