W2b phpEmployment 1.8 File Upload auth.php access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in W2b phpEmployment 1.8. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file auth.php of the component File Upload. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-6920. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in W2b phpEmployment 1.8. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the file auth.php of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in auth.php in phpEmployment 1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension during a regnew action, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in photoes/.

The weakness was disclosed 12/23/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-6920 since 08/10/2009. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by ahmadbady and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:auth.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 vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47592), Exploit-DB (7563), SecurityFocus (BID 33000†), OSVDB (50981†) and Secunia (SA33268†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: ahmadbady
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-6920 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6920
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49317
X-Force: 47592 - phpEmployment auth.php file upload
SecurityFocus: 33000 - W2B phpEmployment 'auth.php' Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Secunia: 33268 - phpEmployment File Upload Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50981 - phpEmployment auth.php File Upload Arbitrary PHP Code Execution
Vupen: ADV-2008-3508

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 11/20/2024 23:50
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (62), 11/20/2018 22:50 (7), 11/20/2024 23:50 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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