PT-2008-6237 · Advanced Electron Forum · Advanced Electron Forum

James Bercegay · Published 2008-11-14 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5090

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Advanced Electron Forum versions prior to 1.0.7

Description The issue 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.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.7, update to version 1.0.7 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the email parameter in the affected functionality until a patch is available. Avoid using the eval switch with the preg replace function for processing user-input data.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5090

Affected Products

Advanced Electron Forum

References · 10

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/31268 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6499 · Exploit
• http://anelectron.com/board/index.php?tid=3282 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31978 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5090 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5090 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/496552/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00131-09202008 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45270 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4598 · Note