Secunia Security Advisory - M.Hasran Addahroni has reported a vulnerability in Indexu, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Indexu "base_path" File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18752
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18752/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Indexu 5.x
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DESCRIPTION:
M.Hasran Addahroni has reported a vulnerability in Indexu, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "base_path" parameter in "application.php" isn't
properly verified, before it is used to include fies. This can be
exploited to include arbitrary files from external and local
resources.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 5.0.0 and 5.0.1.
Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
M.Hasran Addahroni
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://echo.or.id/adv/adv26-K-159-2006.txt
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