OS Command Injection in YouPHPTube-Encoder - CVE-2019-5129

 

OS Command Injection in YouPHPTube-Encoder - CVE-2019-5129

Published: November 1, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22468
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-2019-5129
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/getSpiritsFromVideo.php" URL. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted web request 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-2019-5129

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

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