CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3531

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in includes/editor/insert_image.php in Pivot 1.30 RC2 and earlier creates authentication credentials from request parameters. A remote attacker can modify the pass and session parameters, as well as the pass and userlevel indices of the Pivot_Vars[] or Users[] array parameters, to obtain privileges and upload arbitrary files.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain administrative privileges and upload arbitrary files to the server, leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Update Pivot to a version later than 1.30 RC2 or apply available security patches. If updating is not possible, restrict access to insert_image.php or disable the image editor.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

includes/editor/insert_image.php in Pivot 1.30 RC2 and earlier creates the authentication credentials from parameters, which allows remote attackers to obtain privileges and upload arbitrary files via modified (1) pass and (2) session parameters, and (3) pass and (4) userlevel indices of the (a) Pivot_Vars[] or (b) Users[] array parameters.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS