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Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVE-2007-4525

High
7.5/10

Summary

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in inc-calcul.php3 in SPIP 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the squelette_cache parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-1702. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third party researchers, stating that the squelette_cache variable is initialized before use, and is only used within the scope of a function

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  • NETWORK
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CWE-94 - Code Injection

Code injection is a type of vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability fully compromises the machine and can cause a wide variety of security issues, such as unauthorized access to sensitive information, manipulation of data, denial of service attacks etc. Code injection is different from command injection in the fact that it is limited by the functionality of the injected language (e.g. PHP), as opposed to command injection, which leverages existing code to execute commands, usually within the context of a shell.

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