phpMyConferences menus.php file include
| phpmyconferences-menus-file-include (29514) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpMyConferences could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the menus.php or the init.php script using the lvc_include_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, Tue Oct 24 2006 - 22:36:37 CDT : phpMyConferences_8.0.2 Remote File Inclusion.
- HotScripts Web site: PhpMyConferences.
- BID-20505: PHPMyConference Menus.Inc.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-5310: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in common/visiteurs/include/menus.inc.php in J-Pierre DEZELUS Les Visiteurs 2.0.1, as used in phpMyConferences (phpMyConference) 8.0.2 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the lvc_include_dir parameter.
- SA22411: phpMyConference "lvc_include_path" File Inclusion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4045: phpMyConference lvc_include_path Parameter PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- HotScripts.com phpMyConferences 8.0.2 and prior
Reported:
Oct 13, 2006
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