Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in the Chat module for activeCollab, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
activeCollab Chat Module Code Execution Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49246
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-05-21
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Chat module for
activeCollab, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise
a vulnerable system.
Input passed via chat messages is not properly sanitised before
calling the "preg_replace()" function with the "e" modifier. This can
be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.5.2.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.2.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Stratsec.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
activeCollab Chat Module:
http://www.activecollab.com/downloads/category/4/package/62/releases
Stratsec:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18898/
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