PT-2009-4947 · Advanced Electron Forum · Advanced Electron Forum

Published 2009-07-20 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-2545

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) version 1.x

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This is achieved by uploading an attachment with a specially crafted filename when the magic quotes gpc setting is disabled.

Recommendations For Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) version 1.x, consider enabling the magic quotes gpc setting to prevent SQL injection attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict the ability to upload attachments until a more permanent solution is implemented.

Fix

RCE

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2545

Affected Products

Advanced Electron Forum

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2545 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35646 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51775 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2545 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/55925 · Note