CVE-2008-6403 Code injection in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary PHP code in OpenRat CMS via a malicious URL in the tpl_dir parameter.

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-2008-6403?

CVE-2008-6403 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2009. 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 themes/default/include/html/insert.inc.php in OpenRat 0.8-beta4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the tpl_dir parameter.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6403?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openrat Openrat.

How do I fix CVE-2008-6403?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6403 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-2008-6403 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6403 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2vh5-7qqp-g3gr.

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