Scribe forum.php new username PHP code execution
| scribe-username-code-execution (38227) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Scribe could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the forum.php script when registering a new user. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted username parameter to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 6.4 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Nov 01 2007 - 17:14:59 CDT : Scribe <= 2.0 Remote PHP Code Execution.
- SourceForge.net: Scribe - Forum.
- BID-26302: Scribe Forum.PHP Remote PHP Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5822: Direct static code injection vulnerability in forum.php in Ben Ng Scribe 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into a certain file in regged/ via the username parameter in a Register action, possibly related to the register function in forumfunctions.php.
- OSVDB ID: 45287: Scribe forum.php Register Action username Variable Arbitrary PHP Code Execution
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3746: Scribe username Parameter Remote Command Injection Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Scribe Scribe 0.2 and prior
Reported:
Nov 02, 2007
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