[SA19453] v-creator VCEngine.php Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

TITLE:
v-creator VCEngine.php Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19453

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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
v-creator 1.x
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in v-creator, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the
"enrypt()" and "decrypt()" functions in VCEngine.php. This can be
exploited to inject arbitrary shell commands by supplying specially
crafted encryption strings via a script using the affected
functionality.

Successful exploitation requires that the configuration option
"VC_CRYPTO_METHOD" is set to "OPENSSL".

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.3-pre3.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

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