Ekkaia Pie Web 0.1 lib/action/rss.php lib code injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ekkaia Pie Web 0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library lib/action/rss.php. The manipulation of the argument lib leads to code injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-7073. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Ekkaia Pie Web 0.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library lib/action/rss.php. The manipulation of the argument lib with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in lib/action/rss.php in RSS module 0.1 for Pie Web M{a,e}sher, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the lib parameter.

The weakness was presented 08/25/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-7073 since 08/24/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as 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 ZoRLu and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available 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 273 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:lib/action/rss.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 (46834), Exploit-DB (7225) and SecurityFocus (BID 32465†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Ekkaia

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• Pie Web

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• 0.1

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