CVE-2012-1933

medium
Published 2012-08-27 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.8

Description

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Newscoop 3.5.x before 3.5.5 and 4 before RC4, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the GLOBALS[g_campsiteDir] parameter to (1) include/phorum_load.php, (2) conf/install_conf.php, or (3) conf/liveuser_configuration.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18752 webapps php verified
High-Tech Bridge SA ยท 2012-04-19

newscoop 3.5.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
sourcefabricnewscoop3.5.0
sourcefabricnewscoop3.5.1
sourcefabricnewscoop3.5.2
sourcefabricnewscoop3.5.3
sourcefabricnewscoop3.5.4
sourcefabricnewscoop4.0

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.