CVE-2007-4279

published 2007-08-09

CVE-2007-4279: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in config.php in FrontAccounting 1.12 Build 31 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the…

Priority P2 60 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in config.php in FrontAccounting 1.12 Build 31 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the path_to_root parameter.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
frontaccounting	frontaccounting	—	—
frontaccounting	frontaccounting	—	—
frontaccounting	frontaccounting	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url http://site.com/path/config.php?path_to_root=[[Sh3LLScript]]↗

path /config.php↗

other path_to_root parameter in config.php↗

• → The vulnerable include is triggered via path_to_root being passed to include_once() in config.php, loading an attacker-controlled language.php from a remote URL. ↗
• → Search engine dork can be used to identify exposed FrontAccounting installations; monitor for dork-based scanning activity. ↗
• → CVE-2007-4279 specifically covers the config.php path_to_root RFI vector in FrontAccounting 1.12; related vectors in access/logout.php and subdirectories are tracked under CVE-2007-5148. ↗

• · The RFI is only exploitable if PHP's allow_url_include (or allow_url_fopen for older PHP) is enabled on the target server, as path_to_root must resolve to a remote URL. ↗
• · For files other than config.php, the vulnerability is disputed because path_to_root is defined before use; only the config.php vector is confirmed for CVE-2007-4279. ↗

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