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Title : WebBiscuits Events Calendar "path[docroot]" File Inclusion Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2701
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4673
CWE ID : CWE-98
Rated as : High Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-09-30

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A vulnerability has been identified in WebBiscuits Events Calendar, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "panel/common/theme/default/header_setup.php" script when processing the "path[docroot]" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious PHP scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by kevin mitnick.

ChangeLog

2008-09-30 : Initial release

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