TITLE: phpCodeGenie "Simple Application Generation" Code Execution Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA12853 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/12853/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: phpCodeGenie 3.x http://secunia.com/product/4141/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in phpCodeGenie, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. Input to the headers and footers is written to PHP files and is interpreted as PHP code when the scripts are accessed through the web server. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. NOTE: This advisory has been rated "less critical", because phpCodeGenie is intended for development purposes and should not be put on production systems nor publicly available servers. The vulnerability has been confirmed on version 3.0. Other versions may also be vulnerable. SOLUTION: Update to version 3.0.2. http://phpcodegenie.sourceforge.net/downloads.php PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: César Guirao Robles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet@packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------