PT-2006-5424 · C-News · C-News

Published 2006-09-08 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-4639

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions C-News versions 1.0.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the path parameter in several PHP files, including "formulaire commentaires.php", "affichage/liste news.php", "affichage/news complete.php", and "affichage/pagination.php", when register globals is enabled.

Recommendations For C-News versions 1.0.1 and earlier, disable the register globals setting to prevent exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the vulnerable PHP files until a patch is available. Avoid using the path parameter in the affected PHP files until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4639

Affected Products

C-News

References · 5

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21758 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4639 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28766 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/445781/100/0/threaded · Note