Secure Reality phpSecurePages up to 0.24 Beta checklogin.php cfgProgDir privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Secure Reality phpSecurePages. Impacted is an unknown function of the file checklogin.php. The manipulation of the argument cfgProgDir results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2001-1468. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Secure Reality phpSecurePages. Affected is an unknown part of the file checklogin.php. The manipulation of the argument cfgProgDir with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in checklogin.php in phpSecurePages 0.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the cfgProgDir parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.

The weakness was disclosed 02/07/2001 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-1468 since 04/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:checklogin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10418 (phpSecurePages Included File Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6774), SecurityFocus (BID 2970†), SecurityTracker (ID 1001408†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8609†). The entry VDB-25777 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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04/23/2001 +75 days 🔍
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07/02/2014 +3359 days 🔍
09/25/2025 +4103 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-1468 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1468
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16362
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X-Force: 6774 - phpSecurePages checklogin.php allows remote attacker to execute code
SecurityFocus: 2970 - phpSecurePages Included File Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1001408
Vulnerability Center: 8609

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 01:09
Updated: 09/25/2025 03:47
Changes: 07/03/2014 01:09 (56), 05/29/2018 09:19 (6), 07/09/2024 11:08 (17), 11/17/2024 05:59 (1), 09/25/2025 03:47 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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