Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in forum.php in Ben Ng Scribe 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter in a Register action.
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
- Scribe 0.2 - PHP Remote Code Execution EDB-4596 · webapps · Nov 2, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 4596 exploit
- 20071101 Scribe <= 2.0 Remote PHP Code Execution mailing-list
- http://www.inj3ct-it.org/exploit/scribe.txt
- 3339 third-party-advisory
- 39063 vdb-entry