CVE-2008-6840 Code injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary PHP code in V-webmail via remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in multiple 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-2008-6840?
CVE-2008-6840 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in V-webmail 1.6.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) CONFIG[pear_dir] parameter to (a) Mail/RFC822.php, (b) Net/Socket.php, (c) XML/Parser.php, (d) XML/Tree.php, (e) Mail/mimeDecode.php, (f) Console/Getopt.php, (g) System.php, (h) Log.php, and (i) File.php in includes/pear/; the CONFIG[pear_dir] parameter to (j) includes/prepend.php, and (k) includes/cachedConfig.php; and the (2) CONFIG[includes] parameter to (l) prepend.php and (m) email.list.search.php in includes/. NOTE: the CONFIG[pear_dir] parameter to includes/mailaccess/pop3.php is already covered by CVE-2006-2666.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6840?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Christof Bruyland V-Webmail.
How do I fix CVE-2008-6840?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6840 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-2008-6840 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6840 exists.
Public exploit code: 13 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fwr4-xgj3-34f3.