CVE-2023-38874: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

September 28, 2023

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via an insecure file upload exists in gugoan’s Economizzer v.0.9-beta1 and commit 3730880 (April 2023). A malicious attacker can upload a PHP web shell as an attachment when adding a new cash book entry. Afterwards, the attacker may visit the web shell and execute arbitrary commands.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-pq98-6hf6-3rj3
github.com/dub-flow/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2023-38874
github.com/gugoan/economizzer
github.com/gugoan/economizzer/commit/37308802dfe00d43df396a8afaa2096ece8b7b57
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38874
www.economizzer.org/

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