X-Cart cmpi.php PHP code execution
| xcart-cmpi-code-execution (29005) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
X-Cart could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP POST request to the cmpi.php payment processing script to overwrite variables and specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary PHP 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: | 5.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of X-Cart (4.1.4 or later), when it is available from the X-Cart Web site. See References.
References:
- GulfTech Research And Development September 18, 2006: X-Cart Arbitrary Code Execution .
- X-Cart Web site: XCart family: PHP5 shopping cart system and ecommerce mall solution.
- BID-20108: Qualiteam X-Cart CMPI.PHP Arbitrary Variable Overwrite Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4904: Dynamic variable evaluation vulnerability in cmpi.php in Qualiteam X-Cart 4.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary program variables and execute arbitrary PHP code, as demonstrated by PHP remote file inclusion via the xcart_dir parameter.
- SA22005: Qualiteam X-Cart cmpi.php Variable Overwriting Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3692: X-Cart cmpi.php Multiple Variable Overwriting and Code Execution Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Qualiteam X-Cart 4.1.3
Reported:
Sep 18, 2006
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