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GLSA-200508-21 : phpWebSite: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC and SQL injection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19574

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-200508-21 (phpWebSite: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC and SQL injection)

 phpWebSite uses an XML-RPC library that improperly handles XML-RPC requests and responses with malformed nested tags. Furthermore, 'matrix_killer' reported that phpWebSite is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack.
 Impact :

 A malicious remote user could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary PHP script code into eval() statements by sending a specially crafted XML document, and also inject SQL commands to access the underlying database directly.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/phpwebsite-0.10.2_rc2'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a3ab6f87

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200508-21

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19574

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200508-21.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Published: 9/6/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2498

GLSA: 200508-21