actSite "BaseCfg[BaseDir]" Parameter Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in actSite, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "lib/base.php" script when processing the "BaseCfg[BaseDir]" 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:
actSite version 1.991 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to actSite version 1.992 : http://www.actsite.de/service/downloads.html
     
CVE   CVE-2007-5175
     
References   http://actsite.de/index.php/sicherheitsupdate.html
     
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