CVE-2012-5386

phpPaleo 4.8b180 - Remote File Inclusion via phppaleo4_lang Cookie

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-5386. PoCs published by Mark Stanislav.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in phpPaleo via a null-byte attack on the 'lang' GET parameter. It allows reading arbitrary files (e.g., /etc/passwd) when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and PHP is < 5.3.4.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in phpPaleo 4.8b180 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the phppaleo4_lang cookie, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1671. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Mark Stanislav · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18701

This exploit demonstrates a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in phpPaleo via a null-byte attack on the 'lang' GET parameter. It allows reading arbitrary files (e.g., /etc/passwd) when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and PHP is < 5.3.4.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: phpPaleo 4.8b156
No auth needed
Prerequisites: magic_quotes_gpc disabled · PHP < 5.3.4
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48398

Scores

EPSS 0.0232
EPSS Percentile 81.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
nicolas_tormo/phppaleo 4.8b180
Published Oct 11, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026