Family Connections Who is Chatting "TMPL[path]" File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Family Connections Who is Chatting, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "mod_chatting/themes/default/header.php" script when processing the "TMPL[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:
Family Connections Who is Chatting version 2.2.3 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE  
     
References   http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14186/
     
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
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2010-07-05 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote