Study Planner "SPL_CFG[dirroot]" Parameter Handling Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Study Planner (splanner), which may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to an input validation error in the "inc/service.alert.inc.php" script that does not validate the "SPL_CFG[dirroot]" variable, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Study Planner (splanner) version 0.15 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2007-1628
     
References  
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2007-03-22 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote