Quicksilver Forums avatar file upload
| quicksilverforums-avatar-file-upload (46828) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Quicksilver Forums could allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files, caused by the improper validation of avatars by the index.php script. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload a malicious avatar, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the vulnerable system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.4 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 17, 2010.
References:
- Quicksilver Forums Web site: Quicksilver Forums News.
- BID-32452: Quicksilver Forums Local File Include and Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-7064: Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_lang function in global.php in Quicksilver Forums 1.4.2 and earlier, as used in QSF Portal before 1.4.5, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a \ (backslash) in the lang parameter to index.php, which bypasses a protection mechanism that only checks for / (forward slash), as demonstrated by uploading and including PHP code in an avatar file.
- SA32823: Quicksilver Forums "lang" File Inclusion Vulnerability
- SA38670: QSF Portal "lang" File Inclusion Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Quicksilver Forums Quicksilver Forums 1.4.2
Reported:
Nov 24, 2008
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