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ShoutPro "shout" PHP Code Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA24939
Release Date: 2007-04-18
Last Update: 2007-04-30
Popularity: 3,802 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:ShoutPro 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2141


Description:
Gammarays has discovered a vulnerability in ShoutPro, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "shout" parameter in shoutbox.php is not properly sanitised before being stored in shouts.php. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.5.2. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Gammarays

Changelog:
2007-04-30: Added CVE reference.


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