Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in lib/php/phphtmllib-2.5.4/examples/example6.php for maintain 3.0.0-RC2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phphtmllib parameter. NOTE: this issue might be in phpHtmlLib. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue for proper installations of maintain, since $phphtmllib is set in includes.inc before being used in example6.php
Public exploits
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Exploit-DB 1
- Maintain 3.0.0-RC2 - 'Example6.php' Remote File Inclusion EDB-28821 · webapps · Oct 16, 2006 · verified
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References
- 20560 vdb-entry
- maintain-phphtmllib-file-include(29596) vdb-entry
- 2359 third-party-advisory
- 20061015 maintain-3.0.0-RC2 - Remote File Include Vulnerabilities mailing-list