Description
An issue was discovered in Chadha PHPKB 9.0 Enterprise Edition. installer/test-connection.php (part of the installation process) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose local files on hosts running PHP before 7.2.16, or on hosts where the MySQL ALLOW LOCAL DATA INFILE option is enabled.
Public exploits
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GitHub 1 repository
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ShielderSec/CVE-2020-11579 ★ 25 · May 19, 2020
Exploit code for CVE-2020-11579, an arbitrary file disclosure through the MySQL client in PHPKB
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