Limbo CMS Frontpage Arbitrary PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	16902
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 01 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 04 2006 10:48PM
Credit:	Alexander Hristov is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Limbo CMS Limbo CMS 1.0.4 .2 Limbo CMS Limbo CMS 1.0.4 .1
Not Vulnerable:

Limbo CMS Frontpage Arbitrary PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

Limbo CMS is prone to an arbitrary command-execution vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary PHP commands on the vulnerable computer in the context of the webserver process.

Limbo CMS Frontpage Arbitrary PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/path-to-limbo/index.php?option=frontpage&Itemid=system()

Limbo CMS Frontpage Arbitrary PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
LimboCMS has released a cumulative patch to address this vulnerability. Please see the reference section for further details.

Limbo CMS Frontpage Arbitrary PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

References:

• Limbo CMS Homepage (Limbo CMS)
  
• LimboCMS : Patches to Limbo-CMS Releases. (LimboCMS)
  
• Limbo CMS code execution ("Alexander Hristov" )
  
• Re: Limbo CMS code execution ([email protected])