Frei-Chat "upload.php" Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been discovered in Frei-Chat, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the client/plugins/upload/upload.php script not properly validating uploaded files, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a PHP file with an allowed MIME media type e.g. image/jpeg.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 7.2. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Frei-Chat 7.x
     
Solution   No official solution is currently available.
     
CVE  
     
References   Siavash:
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117005/Joomla-FreiChat-Shell-Upload.html
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Upload of a PHP file in a vulnerable web application
5.0.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2012-10-02 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote