Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting xampp package, versions [,1.6.8]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XAMPP-2381730
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Mar 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Mar 2009

CVE-2008-6499  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xampp.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 performs an extract operation on the SERVER superglobal array, which allows remote attackers to spoof critical variables, as demonstrated by setting the REMOTE_ADDR variable to 127.0.0.1.

CVSS Base Scores

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