PHP Arena pafiledb 3.1 Login pafiledb.php action cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PHP Arena pafiledb 3.1 (Programming Language Software). Affected is an unknown function of the file pafiledb.php of the component Login. The manipulation of the argument action with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

pafiledb.php in Pafiledb 3.1 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a modified action parameter that is used in an include statement for login.php.

The bug was discovered 01/31/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at marc.info. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0327 since 02/10/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:pafiledb.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11806 (paFileDB <= 3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19176) and Tenable (11806). The entries 21799, 24064, 24618 and 24617 are pretty similar.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 11806
Nessus Name: paFileDB <= 3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (1)
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03/24/2003 🔍
07/24/2003 +122 days 🔍
01/01/2005 +527 days 🔍
01/31/2005 +30 days 🔍
02/10/2005 +10 days 🔍
03/23/2005 +41 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +40 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
07/01/2021 +2305 days 🔍

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Advisory: marc.info
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0327 (🔍)
X-Force: 19176
Vulnerability Center: 7422 - Pafiledb 3.1 Allows Code Execution, High
SecurityFocus: 7183
OSVDB: 15293 - CVE-2005-0327 - PHP Arena - PaFileDB - PHP File Include Issue

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Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/01/2021 17:58
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (64), 05/31/2019 00:19 (5), 07/01/2021 17:58 (4)
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