phpWebSite: Multiple vulnerabilities

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200507-07 / phpwebsite
Release Date	July 10, 2005
Latest Revision	July 10, 2005: 01
Impact	high
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
www-apps/phpwebsite	< 0.10.1-r1	>= 0.10.1-r1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #97461

Synopsis

phpWebSite is vulnerable to the remote execution of arbitrary PHP script code and to other, yet undisclosed, vulnerabilities.

2. Impact Information

Background

phpWebSite is a content management system written in PHP.

Description

phpWebSite fails to sanitize input sent to the XML-RPC server using the "POST" method. Other unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered by Diabolic Crab of Hackers Center.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit the XML-RPC vulnerability to execute arbitrary PHP script code by sending specially crafted XML data to phpWebSite. The undisclosed vulnerabilities do have an unknown impact.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest available version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-app/phpwebsite-0.10.1-r1"

4. References

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