PHP Arena paNews 2.0.4b admin_setup.php form[comments

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A vulnerability was found in PHP Arena paNews 2.0.4b (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file admin_setup.php. The manipulation of the argument form[comments with an unknown input leads to a unknown weakness. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

admin_setup.php in paNews 2.0.4b allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code via the (1) $form[comments] or (2) $form[autoapprove] parameters, which are written to config.php.

The weakness was published 03/02/2005 by Kernelpanik Labs (Website). The advisory is available at kernelpanik.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0647 since 03/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin_setup.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17201 (paNews admin_setup.php Multiple Parameter Arbitrary PHP Code Injection), 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (866), Tenable (17201), SecurityFocus (BID 12611†), OSVDB (15452†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7373†). Similar entry is available at VDB-24549. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 17201
Nessus Name: paNews admin_setup.php Multiple Parameter Arbitrary PHP Code Injection
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02/23/2005 🔍
03/01/2005 +6 days 🔍
03/02/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/04/2005 +2 days 🔍
03/15/2005 +10 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +48 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
06/22/2024 +3391 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kernelpanik.org
Researcher: Kernelpanik Labs
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0647 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0647
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24550
SecurityFocus: 12611
OSVDB: 15452 - paNews admin_setup.php Multiple Parameter Arbitrary PHP Code Injection
Vulnerability Center: 7373

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 11:05 PM
Updated: 06/22/2024 12:27 AM
Changes: 03/10/2015 11:05 PM (55), 04/22/2019 02:16 PM (9), 06/22/2024 12:27 AM (16)
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Cache ID: 18:4B5:40

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