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A vulnerability was found in Marc Cagninacci mcLinksCounter 1.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file login.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument langfile can lead to code injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4863. There is no exploit available. There are still doubts about whether this vulnerability truly exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Marc Cagninacci mcLinksCounter 1.1. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file login.php. The manipulation of the argument langfile 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:

** DISPUTED ** Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Marc Cagninacci mcLinksCounter 1.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the langfile parameter in (1) login.php, (2) stats.php, (3) detail.php, or (4) erase.php. NOTE: CVE and a third party dispute this vulnerability, because the langfile parameter is set to english.php in each file. NOTE: CVE also disputes a later report of this vulnerability in 1.2, because the langfile parameter is set to french.php in 1.2.

The weakness was shared 09/19/2006 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4863 since 09/19/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. By approaching the search of inurl:login.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 entries VDB-39247, VDB-39231, VDB-39230 and VDB-39229 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Marc Cagninacci

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• mcLinksCounter

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• 1.1

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