A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ScorpNews 2.0. Affected is an unknown code of the file example.php. The manipulation of the argument site 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. CVE summarizes:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in example.php in Thomas Gossmann ScorpNews 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the site parameter.

The weakness was shared 05/14/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-2193 since 05/14/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:example.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 databases at X-Force (42517) and Exploit-DB (5539).

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• ScorpNews

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• 2.0

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• end of life (old version)

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