Hi Rob,
There can be several solutions to stop this injection: - In file upload form field, on submit should be checked is uploaded file extension is .jpg,.gif,.bmp or .png with JavaScript - When file is uploaded it should be checked with GD graphics library is it image $path_info = pathinfo($item->getValue("photo_filename")); $extension = $path_info["extension"]; $fileName = $path_info["basename"]; http://php.net/manual/en/function.imagecreatefrompng.php $tempImage = imagecreatefrompng("/./upload.png"); /* See if it failed */ If ($tempImage) { - File also can be checked with tool for extract meta data from file http://getid3.sourceforge.net/ - Add .htaccess file with rules to not be able to execute files, only read/write Protecting Images using PHP and htaccess http://michael.theirwinfamily.net/articles/csshtml/protecting-images-using-p hp-and-htaccess Best regards, Sasa From: talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Rob Marscher Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 8:09 PM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] I've been hit with an eval(base64_decode("....")) injection attack On Feb 24, 2012, at 1:07 PM, David Mintz wrote: Unfortunately I do not know how this happened; don't know if there is a huge vulnerability in one of the apps up there that was exploited, or if it was an inside job, or what. Our company wordpress blog was compromised a few months ago due to a vulnerability in the "timthumb.php" image resizing script in one of the themes. http://www.terranetwork.net/blog/2011/08/new-vulnerability-in-many-wordpress -themes/ The hackers uploaded a couple files that trick the server by starting with a gif signature but then have php code in them. Those files than open a backdoor that allows for additional scripts to be uploaded that essentially give shell access to the compromised machine. In our case, the rest of the machine was locked down enough that no harm was done. Anyway, that might be something to look for. Good luck. -Rob
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