Secunia Research: X2CRM Profile Picture Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

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                    Secunia Research 28/03/2014

      X2CRM Profile Picture Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
		  
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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software

* X2CRM 3.7.5

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where:  From remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software 

"X2Engine is a next-generation, open source social sales application
for small and medium sized businesses. X2Engine was designed to
streamline contact and sales actions into one compact blog-style
user interface. Add to this contact and colleague social feeds and
sales representatives become smarter and more effective resulting
in increased sales and higher customer satisfaction."

Product Link:
http://www.x2engine.com/
 
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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in X2CRM, which can
be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the
"ProfileController::actionUploadPhoto()" method defined in the
/protected/controllers/ProfileController.php script allowing the
upload of files with arbitrary extensions to a folder inside the
webroot. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code by
uploading a malicious PHP script.

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5) Solution 

Apply the vendor patch or upgrade to version 4.0.
http://x2community.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach&attach_id=344

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6) Time Table 

20/03/2014 – Vendor notified.
20/03/2014 – Vendor releases updates.
28/03/2014 – Public disclosure.

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7) Credits 

Discovered by Egidio Romano, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
the CVE-2014-2664 identifier for the vulnerability.
 
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10) Verification 

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2014-4/

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