CVE-2008-5090 (GCVE-0-2008-5090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-14 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:40
VLAI
Summary
Electron Inc. Advanced Electron Forum before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via PHP code embedded in bbcode in the email parameter, which is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496552/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id… x_refsource_MISC
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4598 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://secunia.com/advisories/31978 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6499 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31268 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-09-20 00:00
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