Pixaria Gallery "cfg[sys][base_path]" Parameter Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Pixaria Gallery, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is caused by input validation errors in various scripts (e.g. "resources/includes/class.Smarty.php") when processing the "cfg[sys][base_path]" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious PHP scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Pixaria Gallery version 1.4.2 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to Pixaria Gallery version 1.4.3 : http://pixaria.com/news/article/71
     
CVE   CVE-2007-2458
CVE-2007-2457
     
References   http://pixaria.com/index.history.php
     
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 
2007-04-16 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote