CVE-2006-1747 Code injection in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary PHP code via URL injection in the vwar_root parameter of Virtual War scripts.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2006-1747?

CVE-2006-1747 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in Virtual War (VWar) 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the vwar_root parameter to (1) admin/admin.php, (2) war.php, (3) stats.php, (4) news.php, (5) joinus.php, (6) challenge.php, (7) calendar.php, (8) member.php, (9) popup.php, and other unspecified scripts in the admin folder. NOTE: these are different attack vectors than CVE-2006-1636 and CVE-2006-1503.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1747?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vwar Virtual War.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1747?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1747 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2006-1747 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-1747 exists.

Public exploit code: 7 Exploit-DB entries.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v43w-2fww-98rx.

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