Zap Book Server Side Include Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:5130

Info

Zap Book Server Side Include Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5130
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 30 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 30 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Vulnerability discovery credited to DownBload <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Zap Book Zap Book 1.0.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Zap Book Server Side Include Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Zap Book is a freely available, open source guest book. It is designed for Unix and Linux operating systems.

Zap Book does not adequately sanitize user-supplied input in guest book entries. Because of this, it is possible to pass along commands via server-side includes that could allow a remote user to execute commands on the local host.

Exploit / POC

Zap Book Server Side Include Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

No exploit is required for this vulnerability.

Solution / Fix

Zap Book Server Side Include Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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

References

Zap Book Server Side Include Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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