Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in help_text_vars.php in PHPGedView 3.3.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the PGV_BASE_DIRECTORY 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
- PHPGedView 3.3.7 - Remote Code Execution EDB-1379 · webapps · Dec 20, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 15983 vdb-entry
- http://rgod.altervista.org/phpgedview_337_xpl.html
- 20051220 PHPGedView <= 3.3.7 remote code execution mailing-list
- phpgedview-helptextvars-file-include(23871) vdb-entry
- 18177 third-party-advisory
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpgedview/phpGedView/help_text_vars.php?r1=1.63&r2=1.64
- ADV-2005-3033 vdb-entry
- 22009 vdb-entry
- 1015395 vdb-entry
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1386434&group_id=55456&atid=477081