From: djmaze at cpgnuke dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: 5.1.1 PHP Bug Type: *Regular Expressions Bug description: preg_replace exploit using 'e' (executor)
Description: ------------ When using preg_replace() with the 'e' modifier you can exploit variables since the $ sign doesn't get backslashed. Tested on several PHP versions both 4.x and 5.x Reproduce code: --------------- <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); $exploited = 'my password'; $exploit = '[php]$exploited[/php]'; function highlight_php($txt) { return "<pre>$txt</pre>"; } echo preg_replace('#\[PHP\](.*?)\[/PHP\]#sie', 'highlight_php("\\1")', $exploit); # exploited echo preg_replace('#\[PHP\](.*?)\[/PHP\]#sie', 'highlight_php(\'\\1\')', $exploit); # no exploit ?> Expected result: ---------------- <pre>$exploited</pre> Actual result: -------------- <pre>my password</pre> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35960&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35960&r=mysqlcfg