ITN News Gadget 'short_title' Parameter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:27725

Info

ITN News Gadget 'short_title' Parameter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27725
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-7037
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 11 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: R Dominguez Vega of MWR InfoSecurity is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: ITN ITN News Gadget 1.06
Not Vulnerable: ITN ITN News Gadget 1.23

Discussion

ITN News Gadget 'short_title' Parameter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ITN News Gadget is prone to a vulnerability that lets remote attackers execute arbitrary code because the application fails to sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on an affected computer with the privileges of the webserver process. This may facilitate unauthorized access.

ITN News Gadget 1.06 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

ITN News Gadget 'short_title' Parameter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Attackers may exploit this issue through a browser.

Solution / Fix

ITN News Gadget 'short_title' Parameter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released ITN News Gadget 1.23 to address this issue. Please contact the vendor for information on obtaining this release.

References

ITN News Gadget 'short_title' Parameter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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