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phpBook "email" PHP Code Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA18268
Release Date: 2006-01-02
Last Update: 2006-01-26
Popularity: 6,331 views

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

Software:phpBook 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0075


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

Input passed to the "email" parameter when signing the guestbook isn't properly sanitised before being stored in a PHP script. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.3.2 and has also been reported in prior versions. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Use another product.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu

Changelog:
2006-01-26: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://evuln.com/vulns/6/summary.html


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