CuteNews category.db.php module code execution
| cutenews-categories-code-execution (54243) |  High Risk |
Description:
CuteNews could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the category.db.php script. A remote attacker with administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability using the Icon URL or Category Access field to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.8 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of UTF-8 CuteNews (8b or later), available from the UTF-8 CuteNews Web site. See References.
References:
- MORNINGSTAR-2009-02: Multiple security issues in Cute News and UTF-8 Cute News.
- UTF-8 CuteNews Web site: UTF-8 CuteNews.
- CVE-2009-4113: Static code injection vulnerability in the Categories module in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allows remote authenticated users with application administrative privileges to inject arbitrary PHP code into data/category.db.php via the Category Access field.
- CVE-2009-4115: Multiple static code injection vulnerabilities in the Categories module in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 allow remote authenticated users with application administrative privileges to inject arbitrary PHP code into data/category.db.php via the (1) category and (2) Icon URL fields; or (3) inject arbitrary PHP code into data/ipban.php via the add_ip parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 60780: CuteNews Categories Module data/category.db.php Multiple Field Arbitrary Code Execution
- OSVDB ID: 60781: CuteNews Categories Module data/ipban.php add_ip Parameter Arbitrary Code Execution
Platforms Affected:
- CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6
Reported:
Nov 11, 2009
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