phpXMLDOM (phpXD) path parameter file include
| phpxd-path-file-include (31726) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpXMLDOM (phpXD) could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the dom.php, dtd.php or the parser.php script using the path 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:
- phpXMLDOM (phpXD), phpXMLDOM (phpXD) 0.3 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- SourceForge.net, phpXD at http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpxd.
- BID-22201: PhpXD Path Remote File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-0511: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in phpXMLDOM (phpXD) 0.3 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the path parameter to (1) dom.php, (2) dtd.php, or (3) parser.php in include/.
- SA23875: phpXMLDOM "path" File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0309: phpXD path Parameter Handling Multiple Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jan 23, 2007
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