Check Point Advisories

PHP PHP-Charts Remote Code Execution

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-2456
Date Published:	24 Jun 2013
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 03 November, 2015
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	The vulnerability is due to lack of input sanitization in the affected function. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted script to the target server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the PHP PHP-Charts Remote Code Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: PHP PHP-Charts Remote Code Execution