Open Flash Chart: A security weakness

Open Flash Chart is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 7.5 CVSS · secalert@redhat.com

NVD score 7.5 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: Open Flash Chart
Plugin slug: open-flash-chart
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Dec 22, 2009
Weakness: NVD-CWE-Other

This CVE was published Dec 22, 2009 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Open Flash Chart to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in ofc_upload_image.php in Open Flash Chart v2 Beta 1 through v2 Lug Wyrm Charmer, as used in Piwik 0.2.35 through 0.4.3, Woopra Analytics Plugin before 1.4.3.2, and possibly other products, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension through the name parameter with the code in the HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA parameter, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in tmp-upload-images/.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources