PHPope Multiple Parameter Remote File Inclusion Vulnerabilities


Description   Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in PHPope, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. These issues are caused by input validation errors in in various (e.g. "plugins/address/admin/index.php", "plugins/im/compose.php" or "plugins/cssedit/admin/index.php") scripts when processing the "GLOBALS[config][dir][plugins]", "GLOBALS[config][dir][functions]" and "GLOBALS[config][dir][classes]" parameters, 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:
PHPope version 1.0.0 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2009-4472
     
References   http://milw0rm.com/exploits/9583
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : suspicious root_path parameter found in URL
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
PHP : HTML code injection prevention - suspicious GLOBALS variable
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention: suspicious GLOBALS variable
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-09-04 

 Target Type 
Client 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote