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Remote File Inclusion

Description

The application allows to load and execute malicious files from remote locations. This practice may allow an attacker to retrieve sensitive data from the server or execute commands remotely.

Impact

  • Obtain sensitive data from the server.
  • Execute commands remotely.

Recommendation

Avoid the usage of dangerous functions such as include, exec, eval, file, readfile among others using non-sanitized data.

Threat

Authenticated attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 120 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: L
  • Privileges required: L
  • User interaction: N
  • Scope: C
  • Confidentiality: L
  • Integrity: L
  • Availability: L

Temporal

  • Exploit code maturity: H
  • Remediation level: U
  • Report confidence: C

Result

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:H/RL:U/RC:C
  • Score:
    • Base: 7.4
    • Temporal: 7.4
  • Severity:
    • Base: High
    • Temporal: High

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0 . It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: L
  • Attack Requirements: N
  • Privileges required: L
  • User interaction: N
  • Confidentiality (VC): L
  • Integrity (VI): L
  • Availability (VA): L
  • Confidentiality (SC): L
  • Integrity (SI): L
  • Availability (SA): L

Threat 4.0

  • Exploit maturity: A

Result 4.0

  • Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:A
  • Score:
    • CVSS-BT: 5.3
  • Severity:
    • CVSS-BT: Medium

Requirements

Fixes

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