OS Command Injection in YouPHPTube-Encoder - CVE-2019-5127

 

OS Command Injection in YouPHPTube-Encoder - CVE-2019-5127

Published: November 1, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22466
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5127
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: YouPHPTube
Affected software:
YouPHPTube-Encoder

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target server.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the "base64Url" parameter in "/objects/getImage.php" URL. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted web request containing specific parameter and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target server.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-5127

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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