CARE2X contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to the main/chg-color.php script not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the 'root_path' variable. This may allow an attacker to include a file from a remote host that contains arbitrary commands which will be executed by the vulnerable script.
Classification
Location:
Remote / Network Access
Attack Type:
Input Manipulation
Impact:
Loss of Integrity
Exploit:
Exploit Public
OSVDB:
Web Related
Technical
This vulnerability is only present when the register_globals PHP option is set to 'on'. This has not been the default setting for PHP installs since version 4.2.0 (22-Apr-2002).
At the time of disclosure, version 1.1 was roughly three years old (2004-01-11) and had been superceded by several versions up to and including 2.2.
Solution
Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.
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