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GLSA-200507-07 : phpWebSite: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18656

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200507-07 (phpWebSite: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 phpWebSite fails to sanitize input sent to the XML-RPC server using the 'POST' method. Other unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered by Diabolic Crab of Hackers Center.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could exploit the XML-RPC vulnerability to execute arbitrary PHP script code by sending specially crafted XML data to phpWebSite. The undisclosed vulnerabilities do have an unknown impact.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest available version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-app/phpwebsite-0.10.1-r1'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e8f14fb4

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-07

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18656

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200507-07.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/10/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:phpwebsite, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2005

Exploitable With

Metasploit (PHP XML-RPC Arbitrary Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1921

GLSA: 200507-07