PhpPowerCards Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20620
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 18 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 19 2006 10:13PM
Credit:	nuffsaid is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Giombetti.com phpPowerCards 2.10
Not Vulnerable:

PhpPowerCards Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

phpPowerCards is prone to an arbitrary code-execution vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary malicious PHP code in the context of the webserver process. This may help the attacker compromise the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

PhpPowerCards Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

A proof of concept demonstrating this issue is as follows:

http://www.example.com/[path]/db/txt.inc.php?file=[file]&check=0&email[to]=attackers_code

PhpPowerCards Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

PhpPowerCards Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References:

• Giombetti HomePage (Giombetti)
  
• phpPowerCards 2.10 (txt.inc.php) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (nuffsaid)