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Active Collab "chat module" Remote PHP Code Injection Exploit

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Disclosed
May 30, 2012
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits an arbitrary code injection vulnerability in the
chat module that is part of Active Collab versions 2.3.8 and earlier by
abusing a preg_replace() using the /e modifier and its replacement
string using double quotes. The vulnerable function can be found in
activecollab/application/modules/chat/functions/html_to_text.php.

Author

mr_me [email protected]

Platform

PHP

Architectures

php

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/multi/http/activecollab_chat
    msf exploit(activecollab_chat) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(activecollab_chat) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(activecollab_chat) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(activecollab_chat) > exploit
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