CVE-2008-6956 Code injection in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote authenticated administrators can inject arbitrary PHP code via the description parameter in mxCamArchive, leading to code execution.

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

What is CVE-2008-6956?

CVE-2008-6956 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 2009. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Static code injection vulnerability in admin/admin.php in mxCamArchive 2.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary PHP code into an unspecified program via the description parameter, which is executed by invocation of index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6956?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Infireal Mxcamarchive.

How do I fix CVE-2008-6956?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6956 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-2008-6956 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6956 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qfq9-h6wf-w6ch.

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