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Flat Chat "Chat Name" PHP Code Execution
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24433
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Release Date:
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2007-03-08
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Last Update:
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2007-03-14
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Popularity:
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5,687 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Flat Chat 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-1394
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Description:
Dj7xpl has discovered a vulnerability in Flat Chat, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "Chat Name" form field in startsession.php is not properly sanitised before it is written to the online.txt file which is included by the users.php script. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Dj7xpl
Changelog:
2007-03-14: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3428
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