A vulnerability was found in PhpBlock A8.5. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument PATH_TO_CODE with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in PhpBlock A8.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the PATH_TO_CODE parameter to (1) script/init/createallimagecache.php, (2) allincludefortick.php and (3) test.php in script/tick/, and (4) modules/dungeon/tick/allincludefortick.php, different vectors than CVE-2008-1776.

The weakness was published 11/24/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-5210 since 11/24/2008. 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. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (42319), Exploit-DB (5586) and SecurityFocus (BID 29143†).

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