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GHSA-56C3-9H8H-R922

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-02 03:51 – Updated: 2025-04-09 04:17

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The loadContentFromCookie function in core/Cookie.php in Piwik before 0.5 does not validate strings obtained from cookies before calling the unserialize function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or upload arbitrary files via vectors related to the __destruct function in the Piwik_Config class; php://filter URIs; the __destruct functions in Zend Framework, as demonstrated by the Zend_Log destructor; the shutdown functions in Zend Framework, as demonstrated by the Zend_Log_Writer_Mail class; the render function in the Piwik_View class; Smarty templates; and the _eval function in Smarty.

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CVE-2009-4137 (GCVE-0-2009-4137)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-12-24 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:27

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1046 records in the last 180 days details

References

8 references

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http://piwik.org/blog/2009/12/piwik-response-to-s…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-Shocking…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/10/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/09/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://dev.piwik.org/trac/changeset/1637	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.suspekt.org/2009/12/09/advisory-032009…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.sektioneins.de/en/advisories/advisory-…	x_refsource_MISC

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