PHPKIT 1.6.02/1.6.03/1.6.1 Help Function help code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHPKIT 1.6.02/1.6.03/1.6.1. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects the function help of the component Help Function. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-3554. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in PHPKIT 1.6.02/1.6.03/1.6.1 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function help of the component Help Function. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple eval injection vulnerabilities in the help function in PHPKIT 1.6.1 R2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server via unknown attack vectors involving uninitialized variables.

The bug was discovered 09/30/2005. The weakness was disclosed 11/07/2005 by Christopher Kunz, Stefan Walk, Johann-Peter Hartmann and Stefan Esser (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at hardened-php.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3554 since 11/16/2005. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15784 (PHP-Kit <= 1.6.1 RC2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 X-Force (23015), Tenable (15784), SecurityFocus (BID 15354†), OSVDB (20563†) and Secunia (SA17479†). The entries VDB-26886, VDB-26885, VDB-26161 and VDB-26139 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 15784
Nessus Name: PHP-Kit <= 1.6.1 RC2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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11/22/2004 🔍
09/30/2005 +312 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: hardened-php.net
Researcher: Christopher Kunz, Stefan Walk, Johann-Peter Hartmann, Stefan Esser
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3554 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3554
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26887
X-Force: 23015
SecurityFocus: 15354 - PHPKit Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17479
OSVDB: 20563 - PHPKIT Help Function Arbitrary PHP Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1015167
Vulnerability Center: 11549 - PHPKIT Eval Injections via Eval(), High
Vupen: ADV-2005-2344

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/18/2019 16:16
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (72), 06/18/2019 16:16 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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