Flat Chat Startsession.PHP Remote PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	22865
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-1394
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 08 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 12 2015 07:33PM
Credit:	Dj7xpl is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Flat Chat Flat Chat 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Flat Chat Startsession.PHP Remote PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

Flat Chat is prone to an arbitrary PHP 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.

Version 2.0 is vulnerable to this issue.

Flat Chat Startsession.PHP Remote PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

A sample proof-of-concept URI has been provided:

http://example.com/flatchat/users.php?cmd=ls -la

Flat Chat Startsession.PHP Remote PHP 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].

Flat Chat Startsession.PHP Remote PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Homepage (Flat Chat)