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phpwcms 1.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 20216
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The remote host is running phpwcms, an open source content management system written in PHP.The version of phpwcms installed on the remote host does not sanitize input to the 'form_lang' parameter of the 'login.php' script before using it in PHP 'include()' functions. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this issue to read local files and potentially to execute arbitrary PHP code from local files. A similar issue affects the 'imgdir' parameter of the 'img/random_image.php' script, although that can only be used to read local files.
In addition, the application fails to sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically-generated pages, which can be used to conduct cross-site scripting and HTTP response splitting attacks.
Some of these issues require that PHP's 'register_globals' setting be enabled.
Solution
Unknown at this time.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 20216
File Name: phpwcms_mult_flaws.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 11/16/2005
Updated: 4/11/2022
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:phpwcms:phpwcms
Required KB Items: www/PHP, www/phpwcms
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2005
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2005
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-3789
BID: 15436