A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Winterburns.co.uk ePersonnel Rc 2004 02. This affects an unknown function of the file protection.php. The manipulation of the argument logout_page with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in protection.php in ePersonnel RC_2004_02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the logout_page parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 08/27/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4608 since 08/30/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:protection.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 vulnerability database at X-Force (36279).

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• Winterburns.co.uk

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• ePersonnel

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• Rc 2004 02

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