Public Media Manager "indir" Parameter Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Public Media Manager (PMM-CMS), which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "NewsCMS/news/newstopic_inc.php" script when processing the "indir" 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:
Public Media Manager (PMM-CMS) version 1.3 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2007-5149
     
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 
2007-10-01 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote