Anelectron Advanced Electron Forum up to 1.0.5 preg_replace email code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Anelectron Advanced Electron Forum up to 1.0.5 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function preg_replace. Performing a manipulation of the argument email results in code injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-5090. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Anelectron Advanced Electron Forum up to 1.0.5 (Forum Software). This affects the function preg_replace. The manipulation of the argument email 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. The summary by CVE is:

Electron Inc. Advanced Electron Forum before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via PHP code embedded in bbcode in the email parameter, which is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

The weakness was disclosed 11/14/2008 by James Bercegay with Gulftech (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-5090 since 11/14/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by GulfTech Security and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 55 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45270), Exploit-DB (6499), SecurityFocus (BID 31268†) and Secunia (SA31978†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: GulfTech Security
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Advanced Electron Forum 1.0.6

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: James Bercegay
Organization: Gulftech
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5090 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5090
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45027
X-Force: 45270 - Advanced Electron Forum preg_replace() code execution
SecurityFocus: 31268 - Advanced Electron Forum BBCode 'preg_replace' PHP Code Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31978 - Advanced Electron Forum PHP Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/04/2024 10:34
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (58), 12/05/2017 08:15 (14), 11/04/2024 10:34 (22)
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Cache ID: 216:599:103

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