Code Injection in Metinfo - CVE-2018-7271
Published: February 21, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37509
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7271
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Metinfo
Affected software:
Metinfo
Metinfo
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered in MetInfo 6.0.0. In install/install.php in the installation process, the config/config_db.php configuration file filtering is not rigorous: one can insert malicious code in the installation process to execute arbitrary commands or obtain a web shell.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7271
Install update from vendor's website.