SB2008111901 - Remote PHP including in PHPCow
Published: November 19, 2008 Updated: March 16, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2008111901
CSH Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Remote PHP including (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5227)
CWE-ID: CWE-98 - Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the target application.
The weakness exists due to improper validation of input passed via the "skin_file" HTTP parameter to "templateie_install.class.php" script. A remote attacker can send a specially-crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script, specify a malicious file from a remote system and execute arbitrary PHP code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary PHP code execution on the vulnerable application.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.