XAMPP 1.8.1 Local Write Access Vulnerability
Local write access in XAMPP 1.8.1 via the /xampp/lang.php page.
Antecedentes
XAMPP is a free, open-source, cross-platform web server solution package, consisting mainly of the Apache HTTP server, the MySQL database, and the PHP and Perl interpreters.
Description
It has been detected that an unprivileged user can write to the local disk and modify the local file lang.tmp on the remote machine. The injection is performed through the page /xampp/lang.php.
Business impact
An attacker can execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a user's browser, which can be used to steal sensitive information such as credentials or personal data.
Affected systems
XAMPP 1.8.1.
Solución
Validate all data received by the application that the user can modify.
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