phpChess Community Edition Root_Path and config parameters file include
| phpchess-rootpath-config-file-include (34056) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpChess Community Edition could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to multiple scripts using the Root_Path or config parameters 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:
Upgrade to the latest version of phpChess Community Edition (1.4 or later), available from the phpChess Web site. See References.
References:
- phpChess Web site: phpChess Community Edition.
- BID-23797: PHPChess Root_Path Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-2677: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in phpChess Community Edition 2.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in (1) the config parameter to includes/language.php, or the Root_Path parameter to (2) layout_admin_cfg.php, (3) layout_cfg.php, or (4) layout_t_top.php in skins/phpchess/. NOTE: vector 1 has been disputed by CVE, since the code is defined within a function that is not called from within includes/language.php.
- SA25147: phpChess Community Edition Multiple File Inclusion
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1649: phpChess Community Edition Root_Path Parameter PHP File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- phpchess limited phpChess Community Edition 2.0
Reported:
May 03, 2007
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