TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
www-apps/tikiwiki	< 1.8.5-r1	>= 1.8.5-r1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #97648

TikiWiki includes PHP XML-RPC code, making it vulnerable to arbitrary command execution.

2. Impact Information

TikiWiki is a web-based groupware and content management system (CMS), using PHP, ADOdb and Smarty. TikiWiki includes vulnerable PHP XML-RPC code.

TikiWiki is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution as described in GLSA 200507-01.

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary PHP code by sending specially crafted XML data.

3. Resolution Information

There is no known workaround at this time.

All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.8.5-r1"

4. References

Updated July 06, 2005

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