CVE-2011-2148 Command injection in n/a

Critical 10.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers with admin access can execute arbitrary commands on SmarterStats via OS command injection in the admin interface.

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-2011-2148?

CVE-2011-2148 is a critical command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 May 2011. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Admin/frmSite.aspx in the SmarterTools SmarterStats 6.0 web server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors involving a leading and trailing & (ampersand) character, and (1) an STTTState cookie, (2) the ctl00%24MPH%24txtAdminNewPassword_SettingText parameter, (3) the ctl00%24MPH%24txtSmarterLogDirectory parameter, (4) the ctl00%24MPH%24ucSiteSeoSearchEngineSettings%24chklistEngines_SettingCheckBox%2414 parameter, (5) the ctl00%24MPH%24ucSiteSeoSettings%24txtSeoMaxKeywords_SettingText parameter, or (6) the ctl00_MPH_grdLogLocations_HiddenLSR parameter, related to an "OS command injection" issue.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2148?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Smartertools Smarterstats.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2148?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2148 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2011-2148 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2148 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r6cx-xm47-5v7p.

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