Arbitrary File Inclusion Affecting contao/core package, versions >=3.0.0, <3.5.28 >=4.0.0, <4.4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.32% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-CONTAOCORE-70019
  • published 12 Jul 2017
  • disclosed 12 Jul 2017
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade contao/core to version 3.5.28 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of contao/core are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Inclusion .A logged in back end user can include arbitrary PHP files by manipulating an URL parameter. Since Contao does not allow to upload PHP files in the file manager, the attack is limited to the existing PHP files on the server.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High