Dotclear up to 2.6.1 lib.urlhandlers.php code injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Dotclear. This affects an unknown function in the library inc/public/lib.urlhandlers.php. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2014-1613. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Dotclear (Blog Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality in the library inc/public/lib.urlhandlers.php. 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:

Dotclear before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a serialized object in the dc_passwd cookie to a password-protected page, which is not properly handled by (1) inc/public/lib.urlhandlers.php or (2) plugins/pages/_public.php.

The weakness was published 05/16/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at dotclear.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-1613 since 01/20/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:inc/public/lib.urlhandlers.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Blog Software

Name

• Dotclear

Version

• 2.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.1
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.1.5
• 2.1.6
• 2.1.7
• 2.2
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.4.2
• 2.4.3
• 2.4.4
• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.6.1

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• open-source

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