Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in the Adsense Extreme plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
WordPress Adsense Extreme Plugin "adsensextreme[lang]" File Inclusion
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46038
VERIFY ADVISORY:
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-09-21
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Adsense Extreme plugin for
WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.
Input passed via the "adsensextreme[lang]" POST parameter to
wp-content/plugins/adsense-extreme/adsensextremeadminpage.php is not
properly sanitised before being used to include files. This can be
exploited to include arbitrary files from local or external
resources.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0.3. Prior versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.4.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Adsense Extreme plugin:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/adsense-extreme/changelog/
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