CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2691

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in includes/common.php in RunCMS 1.2 and earlier uses the extract function with EXTR_OVERWRITE on HTTP POST variables, allowing remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary variables, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes the possibility of remote code execution, which could compromise data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade RunCMS to a version later than 1.2 that fixes this vulnerability. If an upgrade is not possible, manually modify the code in includes/common.php to prevent overwriting variables from external input.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

includes/common.php in RunCMS 1.2 and earlier calls the extract function with EXTR_OVERWRITE on HTTP POST variables, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary variables, possibly allowing execution of arbitrary code.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS