Short Name |
HTTP:PHP:FREENEWS-PHP-INC1 |
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Severity |
Minor |
Recommended |
No |
Category |
HTTP |
Keywords |
FreeNews Insecure PHP Code Inclusion (1) |
Release Date |
2003/04/22 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
FreeNews version 2.1 contains a known vulnerability allowing attackers to include remote files containing malicious PHP code through a regular HTTP GET request. By including a file on a remote Web server as part of the chemin parameter to aff_news.php, an attacker can execute arbitrary PHP commands on the Web server, with run PHP scripts configuration level as the user.
A remote attacker could run malicious PHP commands on the web server.