Description
admin.cgi in Active Classifieds Free Edition 1.0, and possibly commercial versions, allows remote attackers to modify the configuration, gain privileges, and execute arbitrary Perl code via the table_width parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Active Classifieds 1.0 - Arbitrary Code Execution EDB-20982 · remote · Jun 28, 2001 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 2942 vdb-entry
- active-classifieds-admin-access(6754) vdb-entry
- 20010627 Active Web Classifieds failure to authenticate leads to arbitrary code execution mailing-list
- 12326 vdb-entry